This crossword No. 940 clues and answers were published on Sun 29 Sep 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 940 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Unlawful : ILLICIT
8-across – Mollify : APPEASE
9-across – Frankness, honesty : CANDOUR
10-across – Small dog : TERRIER
11-across – Verse, doggerel : RHYME
13-across – Offensive : OBNOXIOUS
15-across – Column of intensified light : LASERBEAM
18-across – Correspond : AGREE
21-across – Pilot’s cabin : COCKPIT
22-across – Corpulence : OBESITY
23-across – Ray of light : SUNBEAM
24-across – Stabbing weapon : BAYONET
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Bring upon oneself : INCUR
2-down – Tall and ungainly : LANKY
3-down – Dance designer : CHOREOGRAPHER
4-down – Scots plaid : TARTAN
5-down – Around, thereabouts : APPROXIMATELY
6-down – Gambling den : CASINO
7-down – Detritus : DEBRIS
12-down – Maori challenge to combat : HAKA
14-down – Impel, egg on : URGE
15-down – Destructive winged insect : LOCUST
16-down – Endorse, back : SECOND
17-down – Bury : ENTOMB
19-down – Hold sway, rule : REIGN
20-down – Middle Eastern country : EGYPT
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.