This crossword No. 9456 clues and answers were published on Tue 22 Aug 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 9456 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Canvassing without prior arrangement : COLDCALLING
9-across – Failure to notice – blunder : OVERSIGHT
10-across – Also : TOO
11-across – Hit ball with force : DRIVE
13-across – Administered : APPLIED
14-across – Consent – agree : ACCEDE
15-across – Convivial : JOVIAL
18-across – Capital of Iraq : BAGHDAD
20-across – Dance of South American origin : TANGO
21-across – One-sided declaration of independence : UDI
22-across – Repay – reuse brim : REIMBURSE
24-across – State of temporary suspension : COLDSTORAGE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Lyric poem : ODE
3-down – Swell by pressure from within : DISTEND
4-down – Tall, graceful hound with silky coat : AFGHAN
5-down – Abatement : LETUP
6-down – Act of nourishing : NUTRITION
7-down – Wayside travellers’ shelter : COLDHARBOUR
8-down – Lacking mercy : COLDBLOODED
12-down – Under assumed identity : INCOGNITO
16-down – Tenth month : OCTOBER
17-down – One dependent on drugs : ADDICT
19-down – Challenged – was audacious : DARED
23-down – Thick-piled floor mat : RUG
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.