This crossword No. 1082 clues and answers were published on Sun 19 Jun 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 1082 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – Stop work; strike : DOWNTOOLS
8-across – Become limp : WILT
9-across – In arrest : RESTRAIN
10-across – Staggered : REELED
11-across – After Psalms, the longest book in the Old Testament : ISAIAH
13-across – Acts as a conversation starter : BREAKS
15-across – See 13 : THEICE
16-across – Productive: financially sound : ECONOMIC
18-across – State positively : AVER
19-across – Testimonial : REFERENCE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Mexican corn-meal pancake : TORTILLA
2-down – Natural : INBRED
3-down – Art of growing dwarf varieties of tree : BONSAI
4-down – Innuendo : SLUR
6-down – Witty remark; gag : WISECRACK
7-down – Merchant banker, perhaps : FINANCIER
12-down – Recess : ABEYANCE
14-down – Smile coyly : SIMPER
15-down – Heart : TICKER
17-down – Exigency : NEED
This crossword has in total 20 where 10 are across and 10 are down.