This crossword No. 486 clues and answers were published on Sun 02 Jan 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 486 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Garden Plot : FLOWERBED
8-across – Savoury meat or fish jelly : ASPIC
9-across – In music, brisk lively movements : SCHERZI
10-across – Gas forming 78% of the air : NITROGEN
11-across – Swirl of water : EDDY
13-across – Make dirty : BEFOUL
14-across – Gold-coloured alloy in furniture decoration : ORMOLU
16-across – Position : ROLE
17-across – Ewers : PITCHERS
19-across – Most intense : DEEPEST
20-across – Pertaining to the ear : AURAL
21-across – In another place : ELSEWHERE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Jack of all Trades : FACTOTUM
2-down – Edible marine mollusc : OYSTER
3-down – Nymph in love with Narcissus : ECHO
4-down – Extremely wearied by tediousness : BOREDTOTEARS
5-down – Fold your ties! : DOITYOURSELF
6-down – Eponymous Dickens novel : BARNABYRUDGE
7-down – State of malice : SPITEFULNESS
12-down – Debris : WRECKAGE
15-down – Small quantity : LITTLE
18-down – Crying sound of an animal : MEOW
This crossword has in total 22 where 12 are across and 10 are down.