This crossword No. 9467 clues and answers were published on Mon 04 Sep 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 9467 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Inexpensive eating place for lorry drivers : TRANSPORTCAFE
8-across – Ancestor of all domestic ducks : MALLARD
9-across – Living : ALIVE
10-across – Prepare by boiling and infusing : BREW
11-across – Statuette : FIGURINE
13-across – Soothing liquid preparation : LOTION
14-across – Person of exceptional ability : GENIUS
17-across – Race it if : ARTIFICE
19-across – In this manner : THUS
21-across – Unsuitable : INAPT
22-across – Conflagration – hell : INFERNO
24-across – Railway official : STATIONMASTER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Male cat : TOM
2-down – Sickness : AILMENT
3-down – Join – stratum of ore : SEAM
4-down – Confer holy orders upon : ORDAIN
5-down – Spoke badly of : TRADUCED
6-down – I was elsewhere plea : ALIBI
7-down – Morning tea or coffee break : ELEVENSES
10-down – Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza, etc : BALEARICS
12-down – Coloured paper thrown at weddings : CONFETTI
15-down – Receive by succession : INHERIT
16-down – Watch operating mechanism : ACTION
18-down – Ornamental headdress : TIARA
20-down – King of Mercia, 757-796 : OFFA
23-down – Scull : OAR
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.