This crossword No. 9498 clues and answers were published on Tue 10 Oct 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 9498 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Partly open : AJAR
3-across – Shame : IGNOMINY
9-across – Italian wine : CHIANTI
10-across – Anaesthetic : ETHER
11-across – Cuban dance : RUMBA
12-across – Season – fall : AUTUMN
14-across – Vacillate – keep altering plans : CHOPANDCHANGE
17-across – Part of head – place of worship : TEMPLE
19-across – Derelict – ship : TRAMP
22-across – Once more : AGAIN
23-across – Cockerel : ROOSTER
24-across – Jerusalem : HOLYCITY
25-across – Combat – wear : FRAY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Correctness – exactitude : ACCURACY
2-down – Maxim – truism : AXIOM
4-down – Suffer hardship without complaint : GRINANDBEARIT
5-down – Plain to see – manifest : OVERT
6-down – Pitiless – barbarous : INHUMAN
7-down – Three feet – detectives? : YARD
8-down – Turkish capital : ANKARA
13-down – Danger of injury, loss, death, etc : JEOPARDY
15-down – Supreme – general : OVERALL
16-down – Sausage in a roll – acrobatic skier : HOTDOG
18-down – Alarm – terror : PANIC
20-down – In motion : ASTIR
21-down – Ill-considered – break-out : RASH
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.