This crossword No. 14399 clues and answers were published on Sat 02 Jul 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 14399 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Contrivance : DEVICE
4-across – Turn on the spot : SWIVEL
8-across – As such : PERSE
9-across – As specified : TOORDER
10-across – At home : CHEZMOI
11-across – Investigate : PROBE
12-across – Goods sent abroad for the second time : REEXPORTS
17-across – Smouldering piece left over from a fire : EMBER
19-across – Domestic dirt collector : DUSTPAN
21-across – It inflates : AIRPUMP
22-across – Literary genre : PROSE
23-across – Start a round of golf : TEEOFF
24-across – I just don’t believe it! : MYFOOT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Show : DEPICT
2-down – Dutch painter, Jan, d. 1676 : VERMEER
3-down – Off-white : CREAM
5-down – Humongous untruth : WHOPPER
6-down – Record : VIDEO
7-down – Food store : LARDER
9-down – Came a cropper : TRIPPEDUP
13-down – Something worn as a winter warmer : EARMUFF
14-down – City of northern Japan — apropos : SAPPORO
15-down – : DECANT
16-down – Creepy-crawly : INSECT
18-down – Flat-bottomed boat : BARGE
20-down – Sentimental : SOPPY
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.