This crossword No. 14233 clues and answers were published on Mon 21 Dec 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 14233 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Plant blown as a dry ball by the wind : TUMBLEWEED
7-across – Donation : HANDOUT
8-across – Further from the centre : OUTER
10-across – Rectangular area : QUAD
11-across – That great charmer : MARGARET
13-across – Serious industry — attempt : EFFORT
15-across – Shorebird of the sandpiper family : CURLEW
17-across – See 11 : THATCHER
18-across – Long skirt : MAXI
21-across – Carmen composer : BIZET
22-across – Tough hair : BRISTLE
23-across – Student of Earth’s features : GEOGRAPHER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Brief briefs : TANGA
2-down – Large area of open, uncultivated land : MOOR
3-down – Deadly : LETHAL
4-down – Improper : WRONGFUL
5-down – Beguile : ENTHRAL
6-down – Record of a bill of payment : CHEQUESTUB
9-down – Large and powerful dog, originally from Germany : ROTTWEILER
12-down – Cost : PRICETAG
14-down – Tire to the point of exhaustion : FRAZZLE
16-down – Braise : SERBIA
19-down – Player : ACTOR
20-down – Loaded : RICH
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.