This crossword No. 9738 clues and answers were published on Thu 19 Jul 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 9738 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Tall, slender tree : POPLAR
4-across – See 10 and 19 : STORY
7-across – Shopkeeper selling food : GROCER
8-across – Confer : BESTOW
9-across – Dog-like animal – womaniser : WOLF
10-across – 1961 film based on Romeo and Juliet, set in a New York slum : WESTSIDE
12-across – Devices for amplifying the voice : MICROPHONES
17-across – Calamity : DISASTER
19-across – 1970 film, starring Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal : LOVE
20-across – Two dots placed over a vowel : UMLAUT
21-across – Indian flea which buries itself under toenails : CHIGOE
22-across – Flashlight : TORCH
23-across – Team member : PLAYER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Act in play or film : PERFORM
2-down – See 18 : PACIFIC
3-down – Nutritious starch from a West Indian plant : ARROWROOT
4-down – Exhausted : SPENT
5-down – Trace – form : OUTLINE
6-down – Gaped : YAWNED
11-down – Globe-shaped : SPHERICAL
13-down – Narrow-minded : INSULAR
14-down – Bring to naught : NULLIFY
15-down – Redeemer : SAVIOUR
16-down – Regulate : ADJUST
18-down – 1949 musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, made into a film in 1958 : SOUTH
This crossword has in total 25 where 13 are across and 12 are down.