This crossword No. 12749 clues and answers were published on Tue 22 Mar 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 12749 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Important development : BREAKTHROUGH
9-across – God of love : CUPID
10-across – Get rid of gradually : EDGEOUT
11-across – Fat fish : CHUB
12-across – One who is owed : CREDITOR
14-across – One who is well worth looking at : EYEFUL
15-across – Horse painter, d. 1806 : STUBBS
18-across – Not extreme : MODERATE
20-across – Wound with a dagger : STAB
22-across – View held without positive proof : OPINION
23-across – Black bird : RAVEN
24-across – : AWKWARDSQUAD
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Breach : RUPTURE
3-down – Assistant : AIDE
4-down – Hypothesis : THEORY
5-down – Stiffness : RIGIDITY
6-down – Submarine : UBOAT
7-down – Good Friday fare : HOTCROSSBUNS
8-down – Cold, fizzy American concoction : ICECREAMSODA
13-down – Town in Picasso painting : GUERNICA
16-down – Kind of lettuce — pre-1949 name for Jakarta : BATAVIA
17-down – Made reparation : ATONED
19-down – Beverage — alcohol : DRINK
21-down – Middle Eastern country : IRAQ
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.