This crossword No. 459 clues and answers were published on Sun 04 Jul 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 459 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Live in permanently : RESIDE
4-across – Organisation : SETUP
7-across – Horror-struck : AGHAST
8-across – Stabbed : KNIFED
9-across – Abominable snowman : YETI
10-across – Type of translucent porcelain : EGGSHELL
12-across – Current position : STATEOFPLAY
17-across – Mass communicators : THEMEDIA
19-across – Average : NORM
20-across – Fatty animal substance in soap making : TALLOW
21-across – Eyepiece : OCULAR
22-across – Social station : CASTE
23-across – Stop feeding : STARVE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Backslide : REGRESS
2-down – Indefatigability : STAMINA
3-down – Carry out an unpleasant act, eg murder : DOTHEDEED
4-down – Air cavity in the cranial bones : SINUS
5-down – Thin crisp lustrous silk : TAFFETA
6-down – Scull : PADDLE
11-down – Hit maximum speed : GOFLATOUT
13-down – Latticework support for plants : TRELLIS
14-down – Feeling of dreaminess : LANGUOR
15-down – Distance sometimes measured in paces : YARDAGE
16-down – Constant : STATIC
18-down – Show feeling excessively : EMOTE
This crossword has in total 25 where 13 are across and 12 are down.