This crossword No. 612 clues and answers were published on Sun 10 Jun 2007 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 612 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Creator of retail collages : WINDOWDRESSER
8-across – Dismissed, in cricket : OUT
9-across – Ere snails? : EARLINESS
10-across – Other-worldly : ESOTERIC
11-across – Network of horizontal and vertical lines : GRID
13-across – Call forth : AWAKEN
14-across – Gracefully slim : SVELTE
16-across – Odium : HATE
17-across – Almanac : YEARBOOK
20-across – Severe pain through damaged nerves : NEURALGIA
21-across – Period of time : ERA
22-across – Obstinacy : INTRANSIGENCE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Total : WHOLE
2-down – One of Britain’s largest landowners : NATIONALTRUST
3-down – Watchful : OPENEYED
4-down – Force off track : DERAIL
5-down – Maleficent : EVIL
6-down – Inhabitant of a W African state : SIERRALEONEAN
7-down – Remainder : RESIDUE
12-down – Cast a shadow : OVERHANG
13-down – African people, mainly in Ghana : ASHANTI
15-down – Pretends : FEIGNS
18-down – Rotter : KNAVE
19-down – Information : DATA
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.