This crossword No. 9481 clues and answers were published on Wed 20 Sep 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 9481 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Appropriate retaliation : TITFORTAT
8-across – Situated like Southend, for example : ONSEA
9-across – Pause from exertion, etc : RESPITE
10-across – Disease of poultry : FOWLPEST
11-across – Predatory seabird : SKUA
13-across – Artful Dickens character : DODGER
14-across – Thomas, Archbishop : BECKET
16-across – Require : NEED
17-across – Watchperson : SENTINEL
19-across – Within the four walls : INDOORS
20-across – Large expanse of water : OCEAN
21-across – Bury : LAYTOREST
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Trodden underfoot : TRAMPLED
2-down – Beat : THRASH
3-down – Hop kiln : OAST
4-down – Insensitive : THICKSKINNED
5-down – Poem by T.S. Eliot : THEWASTELAND
6-down – Like T.S. Eliot’s clerk : CONFIDENTIAL
7-down – Poem by T.S. Eliot : ASHWEDNESDAY
12-down – Red vegetable : BEETROOT
15-down – Hirer of property : LESSEE
18-down – : SOLO
This crossword has in total 22 where 12 are across and 10 are down.