This crossword No. 14323 clues and answers were published on Tue 05 Apr 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 14323 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Spotless : IMMACULATE
7-across – Gossip : HEARSAY
8-across – Ditch — dust-up : SCRAP
10-across – Calendar period : WEEK
11-across – Certain to fail : HOPELESS
13-across – Idea : NOTION
15-across – European sea : BALTIC
17-across – Trinket — decoration : ORNAMENT
18-across – Blue tinged with green : AQUA
21-across – Dissemble : FEIGN
22-across – 1984 film about Mozart and Salieri : AMADEUS
23-across – Leader of the Pop Art movement, d. 1987 : ANDYWARHOL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Stupid and silly : INANE
2-down – Potato dish : MASH
3-down – Sri Lanka, formerly : CEYLON
4-down – Nevada’s largest city : LASVEGAS
5-down – Rushing stream : TORRENT
6-down – Behaving ostentatiously : SHOWINGOFF
9-down – Old horse-drawn carriage — she’s a topic : POSTCHAISE
12-down – New Year’s Eve in Scotland : HOGMANAY
14-down – Stretched state : TENSION
16-down – Turkey’s capital : ANKARA
19-down – Subdue : QUELL
20-down – Run quickly/— : DASH
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.