This crossword No. 14286 clues and answers were published on Mon 22 Feb 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 14286 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Dogged : PERSISTENT
7-across – Light Italian bread made with olive oil : CIABATTA
8-across – It needs a hammering : NAIL
9-across – Ruth : PITY
10-across – 14 : COCAINE
12-across – America’s first oil magnate, d. 1937 : ROCKEFELLER
14-across – Of the great seas : OCEANIC
16-across – Tots up : ADDS
19-across – Croak in the throat? : FROG
20-across – First : ORIGINAL
21-across – 1 across : PRETTINESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Groom oneself elaborately : PRIMP
2-down – Machine-like : ROBOTIC
3-down – Greek letter : IOTA
4-down – What’s used for drying dishes : TEATOWEL
5-down – Mother’s mother? : NANNA
6-down – Frankfurter : WIENER
11-down – Home for choppers? : HELIPORT
12-down – LP or single? : RECORD
13-down – 19th-century English workman who destroyed new labour-saving machinery : LUDDITE
15-down – Prophet : AUGUR
17-down – Fraudulent schemes : SCAMS
18-down – Bird — fruit : KIWI
This crossword has in total 23 where 11 are across and 12 are down.