This crossword No. 14171 clues and answers were published on Fri 09 Oct 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 14171 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Literary type : MANOFLETTERS
9-across – Sexual activity : NOOKY
10-across – Otherwise engaged : NOTFREE
11-across – Stout-bodied amphibian : TOAD
12-across – Nourishing substance : NUTRIENT
14-across – Called to mind : EVOKED
15-across – Indian political and spiritual leader, assassinated 1948 : GANDHI
18-across – Cunning : ARTIFICE
20-across – Elliptical figure : OVAL
22-across – Many moons past : LONGAGO
23-across – Pack animal, native to the Andes : LLAMA
24-across – Utterance by an actor, supposedly not heard by the other players : STAGEWHISPER
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Alligator pear : AVOCADO
3-down – Variety of agate, used as a gemstone : ONYX
4-down – Form a queue : LINEUP
5-down – Teaching session for a small number of students : TUTORIAL
6-down – High altitude habitation : EYRIE
7-down – Plant with clusters of coloured flowers — WWI allies met : SWEETWILLIAM
8-down – Trousers : UNUTTERABLES
13-down – Photo of a muscular man with not much on : BEEFCAKE
16-down – Turn off course : DEVIATE
17-down – Common item used in household cleaning : JCLOTH
19-down – South Pacific kingdom, capital Nuku’alofa : TONGA
21-down – + : PLUS
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.