This crossword No. 846 clues and answers were published on Sun 04 Dec 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 846 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Classic military strategy and tactics, Chinese in origin : ARTOFWAR
5-across – Flightless birds of Australia : EMUS
9-across – String instrument… : CELLO
10-across – …and the Italian home of both Stradivari and the Amatis : CREMONA
11-across – : HANDOVERFIST
13-across – Au revoir for juniors? : BYEBYE
14-across – Onslaught : ATTACK
17-across – Generally advantageous : ALLTOTHEGOOD
20-across – Raining? : INGRAIN
21-across – Row : NOISE
22-across – —- Fitzgerald, ‘Queen of Jazz’ : ELLA
23-across – Faculty of vision : EYESIGHT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Cunning : ARCH
2-down – Arable land worked by ploughing : TILLAGE
3-down – As the hours pass : FROMDAYTODAY
4-down – Nook : ALCOVE
6-down – Native of Aotearoa : MAORI
7-down – Cross with its arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction : SWASTIKA
8-down – Spies : SECRETAGENTS
12-down – Case in Latin denoting ‘by’ or ‘with’ the associated noun : ABLATIVE
15-down – Worshipful : ADORING
16-down – Fraudulent : PHONEY
18-down – Licit : LEGAL
19-down – Fringe religious group : SECT
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.