This crossword No. 14762 clues and answers were published on Wed 30 Aug 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 14762 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – Communal bedroom : DORMITORY
8-across – Lodgings — snide remarks : DIGS
9-across – Write carelessly : SCRIBBLE
10-across – Posterior : BEHIND
11-across – Hunting expedition : SAFARI
13-across – Serpents : SNAKES
15-across – Deprived of something precious : BEREFT
16-across – Oppressively hot and airless : STIFLING
18-across – Canal between the Mediterranean and Red Seas : SUEZ
19-across – Sold to the highest bidder : AUCTIONED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Manual computer game gadget : JOYSTICK
2-down – Tickled : AMUSED
3-down – Looks fixedly : STARES
4-down – Child’s bed — copy : CRIB
6-down – Pass the winter in a dormant state : HIBERNATE
7-down – Elucidated : CLARIFIED
12-down – Expected : FORESEEN
14-down – Adherent of one branch of Islam : SHIITE
15-down – Circus tent : BIGTOP
17-down – Roman deity, in the form of a man with a goat’s horns, legs and tail : FAUN
This crossword has in total 20 where 10 are across and 10 are down.