This crossword No. 14231 clues and answers were published on Fri 18 Dec 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 14231 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Secrete — animal skin : HIDE
3-across – Great success : SMASHHIT
8-across – Finite duration : TIME
9-across – Odd : ATYPICAL
11-across – Worst dater : RODSTEWART
14-across – Artisan doing shoddy work : COWBOY
15-across – Gulf emirate : KUWAIT
17-across – Gobstopper : JAWBREAKER
20-across – By the book : ORTHODOX
21-across – Blunt weapon, often of hard rubber : COSH
22-across – Authentic : BONAFIDE
23-across – Stair : STEP
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Three-goal feat : HATTRICK
2-down – Lower one’s intellectual standards : DUMBDOWN
4-down – Detroit music : MOTOWN
5-down – Spiffing! : SUPERDUPER
6-down – Animal joint — German white wine : HOCK
7-down – Narrative — fabrication : TALE
10-down – Beef dish with mushrooms in sour cream : STROGANOFF
12-down – Military footwear reaching to the knee : JACKBOOT
13-down – Intergalactic traveller : STARSHIP
16-down – In another country : ABROAD
18-down – Disentangle : COMB
19-down – British WWII submachine gun : STEN
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.