This crossword No. 14725 clues and answers were published on Tue 18 Jul 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 14725 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – Defence — into da Vinci : VINDICATION
7-across – Fierce giant : OGRE
8-across – Draggy — unamusing : TIRESOME
9-across – Height : STATURE
11-across – Bourbon with ice, sugar and mint : JULEP
13-across – Male member of a mendicant religious order : FRIAR
14-across – Nervy : ANXIOUS
16-across – Baseball player, famous for hitting home runs, d. 1948 : BABERUTH
17-across – Ever so : VERY
18-across – Something to let off steam? : SAFETYVALVE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Genuflector? : KNEE
2-down – Win : VICTORY
3-down – Sprite with a toadstool for a home : FAIRY
4-down – Longest river in the US, joining the Mississippi at St Louis : MISSOURI
5-down – No meat eaters : VEGETARIANS
6-down – French pseudonym : NOMDEGUERRE
10-down – Exchange that is part of a compromise : TRADEOFF
12-down – Little fish, usually tinned or salted : ANCHOVY
15-down – Sandwich : BUTTY
17-down – Unit of electric force : VOLT
This crossword has in total 20 where 10 are across and 10 are down.