This crossword No. 12773 clues and answers were published on Tue 19 Apr 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 12773 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Insect in the stage after larva : PUPA
3-across – Dreadful : SHOCKING
8-across – Increase in size : GROW
9-across – Walt Disney, perhaps? : ANIMATOR
11-across – Irish sprite : LEPRECHAUN
14-across – Feed from the breast : SUCKLE
15-across – Person lacking pigment : ALBINO
17-across – Cad : BLACKGUARD
20-across – Invoke — visit : CALLUPON
21-across – Plate and what’s served on it : DISH
22-across – Albumen : EGGWHITE
23-across – Bring up wind : BURP
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Boxing : PUGILISM
2-down – Search for mineral deposits — possibility : PROSPECT
4-down – Japanese island : HONSHU
5-down – Green and brown on a green and brown background, say? : CAMOUFLAGE
6-down – Little bit : IOTA
7-down – Hindu spiritual teacher : GURU
10-down – Huge guffaw : BELLYLAUGH
12-down – Dessert : TIRAMISU
13-down – Dominion — authority : LORDSHIP
16-down – Approach and speak to : ACCOST
18-down – Cause pain : ACHE
19-down – Bung : PLUG
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.