This crossword No. 9561 clues and answers were published on Fri 22 Dec 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 9561 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Animal carrying heavy loads : BEASTOFBURDEN
8-across – One’s image of oneself : EGO
9-across – Cracked up – gave way : COLLAPSED
10-across – Genetic change : MUTATION
11-across – Spoken : ORAL
13-across – Spanish wine : SHERRY
14-across – Football : SOCCER
16-across – Fortune : LUCK
17-across – Turn from gas to liquid : CONDENSE
20-across – Wife of Nicholas II of Russia : ALEXANDRA
21-across – Play practical jokes on – worthless newspaper : RAG
22-across – Trial of ability to undergo hardship : ENDURANCETEST
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Broad, thin fish : BREAM
2-down – Concise statement of Christian belief : APOSTLESCREED
3-down – Talking little : TACITURN
4-down – Come next : FOLLOW
5-down – Tree from Java with poisonous sap : UPAS
6-down – One tending patients in their homes : DISTRICTNURSE
7-down – Having tiny knots : NODULAR
12-down – Printing type with thick, heavy lines : BOLDFACE
13-down – Recover from wreck : SALVAGE
15-down – Saturated : SODDEN
18-down – Boat crew : EIGHT
19-down – Just – impartial : FAIR
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.