This crossword No. 1187 clues and answers were published on Sun 01 Jul 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 1187 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Unable to see a way forward out of trouble : ATONESWITSEND
8-across – Air-foil that controls lateral motion : AILERON
9-across – Musical show : REVUE
10-across – Annoys, irritates : NARKS
11-across – Grip; charm : ENTHRAL
12-across – Acronym for US stock car racing’s governing body : NASCAR
14-across – Composer of the opera Faust : GOUNOD
17-across – Tropical African shrub widely cultivated for coffee : ARABICA
19-across – Electric dart shooter : TASER
21-across – Apportion : ALLOT
22-across – Hindu or Buddhist blissful meditative state : NIRVANA
23-across – Name given to Australia in 1788; a state since 1901 : NEWSOUTHWALES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Follow up something with another, repeatedly : AGAINANDAGAIN
2-down – Leerer; one who stares : OGLER
3-down – East-west landmass stretching between Cape Roca and Cape Dezhnev : EURASIA
4-down – Meander; digress : WANDER
5-down – Deck which includes both minor arcana and major arcana cards : TAROT
6-down – Extend on all sides simultaneously; encircle : ENVIRON
7-down – Popular Johann Strauss II operetta : DIEFLEDERMAUS
13-down – Lacking physical or intellectual depth: shoal : SHALLOW
15-down – Develop faster than; surmount : OUTGROW
16-down – Large seabird, white with dark markings : GANNET
18-down – Kind of foreword, informally: jazzy overture : INTRO
20-down – Halls? : SHALL
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.