This crossword No. 9992 clues and answers were published on Tue 14 May 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 9992 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – One telling jokes : STANDUPCOMIC
9-across – City in Nebraska : OMAHA
10-across – Fitting glass : GLAZING
11-across – Outlay : COST
12-across – US or Canadian train driver : ENGINEER
14-across – Gossip : RUMOUR
15-across – Meaning – bring goods into the country : IMPORT
18-across – Plant with brightly coloured, funnel-shaped flowers : GLADIOLI
20-across – Sapient : WISE
22-across – Illness : AILMENT
23-across – Alliance : UNION
24-across – Region of great destruction : DISASTERAREA
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Horizontal bar across window : TRANSOM
3-down – Tidy – orderly : NEAT
4-down – Pressing : URGENT
5-down – Power to inspire people : CHARISMA
6-down – Type of corn : MAIZE
7-down – Butt : CIGARETTEEND
8-down – Large piano : CONCERTGRAND
13-down – Affair – matters to be attended to : BUSINESS
16-down – Opening : ORIFICE
17-down – Very cheerful : BLITHE
19-down – Book of maps : ATLAS
21-down – Caribbean republic : CUBA
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.