This crossword No. 13982 clues and answers were published on Tue 03 Mar 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 13982 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Make unsolicited contact to sell something : COLDCALL
5-across – Lie adjacent to : ABUT
9-across – 12 : DOZEN
10-across – Break the sameness of : RELIEVE
11-across – Covering to protect the back of a chair from hair oils : ANTIMACASSAR
13-across – Deliver a sermon : PREACH
14-across – Robert Burns’ Great chieftain o’ the puddin’-race : HAGGIS
17-across – Chief assistant : RIGHTHANDMAN
20-across – Spend extravagantly : LASHOUT
21-across – One of the Brontë sisters : EMILY
22-across – 16 : ROOK
23-across – Foolhardy : RECKLESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Knaves : CADS
2-down – Diamond-shaped parallelogram : LOZENGE
3-down – Seizure of property by an authority : CONFISCATION
4-down – A trail : LARIAT
6-down – Grouses : BEEFS
7-down – Speculate : THEORISE
8-down – Weightlifting event : CLEANANDJERK
12-down – Hand-held firework : SPARKLER
15-down – Get rain : GRANITE
16-down – Fortified building : CASTLE
18-down – Useful gadget : GISMO
19-down – Votes in favour : AYES
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.