This crossword No. 14503 clues and answers were published on Tue 01 Nov 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 14503 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Person employed to improve organisational efficiency : MANAGEMENT
7-across – Sea creature — pulpo on a Spanish menu : OCTOPUS
8-across – Text of a popular song : LYRIC
10-across – Alone — card game : SOLO
11-across – Japanese pilot trained for suicide missions : KAMIKAZE
13-across – Political party member : LIBDEM
15-across – Cake : GATEAU
17-across – Natural attraction : AFFINITY
18-across – Fag end : STUB
21-across – Medieval Scottish clan chief : THANE
22-across – Innocuous medication that may make you feel better : PLACEBO
23-across – See 9 : JOURNALISM
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Roadside accommodation : MOTEL
2-down – Scruff : NAPE
3-down – Talkative type : GASBAG
4-down – Goon Spike, d. 2002 : MILLIGAN
5-down – Tell : NARRATE
6-down – See 1 across : CONSULTANT
9-down – Buying rights to a news story : CHEQUEBOOK
12-down – Arctic animal : REINDEER
14-down – Large, shaggy, brown bison : BUFFALO
16-down – Perfect world? : UTOPIA
19-down – Unit of heat : THERM
20-down – Surrealist Spanish painter, d. 1989 : DALI
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.