This crossword No. 12661 clues and answers were published on Wed 08 Dec 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 12661 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Personification of the man on the street : JOEBLOGGS
8-across – Saintly ring : HALO
9-across – Close friend : CONFIDANT
10-across – Computer storage unit : BYTE
13-across – Dutiful : PIOUS
15-across – Quickness of perception : ACUMEN
16-across – Wife or husband : SPOUSE
17-across – Adhesive — muggy : STICKY
19-across – Warhol’s style : POPART
20-across – Long : YEARN
21-across – Handle roughly : MAUL
24-across – Thick yellow fog of old : PEASOUPER
25-across – Tidy — cool! : NEAT
26-across – Captor of a human being, for ransom : KIDNAPPER
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Wind instrument : OBOE
3-down – Dull brownish-yellow — expert : BUFF
4-down – Admit to holy orders : ORDAIN
5-down – Great mind : GENIUS
6-down – Revolving tray : LAZYSUSAN
7-down – Short story : NOVELETTE
11-down – Niggardliness : PARSIMONY
12-down – Using a cable : FUNICULAR
13-down – Annoying — troublesome : PESKY
14-down – Indulge in sentimental courtship — eating utensil : SPOON
18-down – From a country in the Arabian peninsula, capital Sana’a : YEMENI
19-down – No rips : PRISON
22-down – Belch : BURP
23-down – At this point : HERE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.