This crossword No. 13986 clues and answers were published on Sat 07 Mar 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 13986 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – Coins kept for casual use : LOOSECHANGE
7-across – Viral infection : COLD
8-across – Carefully structured and practised speech — see pi, etc : SETPIECE
9-across – City plundered and burned by Sherman’s army, 1864 : ATLANTA
11-across – Hurt feelings : PIQUE
13-across – Small-minded : PETTY
14-across – Act of undue intimacy : LIBERTY
16-across – Treated with partiality : FAVOURED
17-across – Divide : PART
18-across – Stingy : TIGHTFISTED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Nobleman : LORD
2-down – Compactness : DENSITY
3-down – Talks — birds : CHATS
4-down – Cutting : INCISIVE
5-down – Have an appearance in keeping with one’s role : LOOKTHEPART
6-down – Came across : ENCOUNTERED
10-down – In spite of the fact that : ALTHOUGH
12-down – Look down on : DISDAIN
15-down – Effervesce : FROTH
17-down – Cause for regret : PITY
This crossword has in total 20 where 10 are across and 10 are down.