This crossword No. 13457 clues and answers were published on Wed 26 Jun 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 13457 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Business transaction : DEAL
3-across – Egg-laying mammal : PLATYPUS
8-across – Walking stick : CANE
9-across – Capital on the Danube : BUDAPEST
11-across – Spent wastefully : SQUANDERED
14-across – Winner : VICTOR
15-across – In one’s own house : ATHOME
17-across – About : CONCERNING
20-across – Payments for insurance : PREMIUMS
21-across – Move by slow degrees : INCH
22-across – Putin’s people — as in USSR : RUSSIANS
23-across – Open tart with a sweet or savoury filling : FLAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Crucial : DECISIVE
2-down – Proclaim : ANNOUNCE
4-down – Allure : LAUREL
5-down – Path of a projectile : TRAJECTORY
6-down – Equal : PEER
7-down – Location : SITE
10-down – AD : ANNODOMINI
12-down – Hypothetical : NOTIONAL
13-down – Extend : LENGTHEN
16-down – Insightfulness : ACUMEN
18-down – Pole used to support sails or rigging : SPAR
19-down – Disorderly state : MESS
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.