This crossword No. 12373 clues and answers were published on Wed 06 Jan 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 12373 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Drunk : PLASTERED
8-across – Passenger — food : FARE
9-across – Neat items : ESTAMINET
10-across – Injures — god of war : MARS
13-across – Love affair : AMOUR
15-across – Avenge : GENEVA
16-across – Mark Twain character — wood processor : SAWYER
17-across – Shade of brown : AUBURN
19-across – Sheen acquired from constant handling : PATINA
20-across – Drunk : TIGHT
21-across – Lean : THIN
24-across – Miser : SKINFLINT
25-across – After all deductions : NETT
26-across – Drunk : BLADDERED
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Habitual drinker : LUSH
3-down – Habitual drinker : SOAK
4-down – WWII cipher : ENIGMA
5-down – God of darkness — cavern on the way to Hades — active volcano in Antarctica : EREBUS
6-down – Drunk : PARALYTIC
7-down – Counterpane : BEDSPREAD
11-down – Inelegant : EGLANTINE
12-down – Habitual drinker : INEBRIATE
13-down – Ward off : AVERT
14-down – Capital of Morocco : RABAT
18-down – US coin worth five cents : NICKEL
19-down – Rang : PHONED
22-down – Blackthorn fruit : SLOE
23-down – At some time past : ONCE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.