This crossword No. 14646 clues and answers were published on Mon 17 Apr 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 14646 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Dry Rhine wine : HOCK
3-across – Unauthorised passenger : STOWAWAY
8-across – Without legal force : NULL
9-across – Bitter verbal attack : DIATRIBE
11-across – Shropshire county town : SHREWSBURY
14-across – Compromise position : MIDDLE
15-across – See 14 : GROUND
17-across – One who spies pruriently on others : PEEPINGTOM
20-across – Container for melting metal : CRUCIBLE
21-across – Molten volcanic rock : LAVA
22-across – Slow moving : SLUGGISH
23-across – On a single occasion : ONCE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Good-looking : HANDSOME
2-down – Beetle whose larvae destroy potato plants : COLORADO
4-down – Type of hat : TRILBY
5-down – Part of town bordering a sea, lake or river : WATERFRONT
6-down – Sorrowful cry : WAIL
7-down – __ Saint Laurent, couturier, d. 2008 : YVES
10-down – Uncomfortably hot : SWELTERING
12-down – Four-line stanza : QUATRAIN
13-down – Water : ADAMSALE
16-down – Short periods of time : SPELLS
18-down – UK body helping to end industrial disputes : ACAS
19-down – Code word for Z : ZULU
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.