This crossword No. 9564 clues and answers were published on Thu 28 Dec 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 9564 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Fairground ride : FERRISWHEEL
9-across – Made blast : LAMBASTED
10-across – Owing : DUE
11-across – Precise : EXACT
13-across – Opening of the nose : NOSTRIL
14-across – Robust : STURDY
15-across – West African republic – once worth 21 shillings : GUINEA
18-across – Rebuke : REPROVE
20-across – Utter : SPEAK
21-across – Epoch : ERA
22-across – Copy : IMITATION
24-across – Seductive woman : FEMMEFATALE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Tree with serrated leaves : ELM
3-down – Responded : REACTED
4-down – Locating : SITING
5-down – Hell : HADES
6-down – Staying power : ENDURANCE
7-down – British national newspaper journalism : FLEETSTREET
8-down – Travelling on foot in the Lake District? : FELLWALKING
12-down – Board towed by fast motor-boat : AQUAPLANE
16-down – Parvenu : UPSTART
17-down – Freeing of besieged city : RELIEF
19-down – Hatred : ODIUM
23-down – Hardly – sick : ILL
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.