This crossword No. 1089 clues and answers were published on Sun 07 Aug 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 1089 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – The Derby or The Oaks, for example : CLASSIC
8-across – Skipped over : HURDLED
9-across – Art originally created in simple materials to design bird forms : ORIGAMI
10-across – Conveying for a specific period : LEASING
11-across – Jejune : NAIVE
13-across – Producing eggs hatching outside the body : OVIPAROUS
15-across – Aged boats : SABOTAGED
18-across – Attempt: piece of writing : ESSAY
21-across – Lose ground : REGRESS
22-across – Crumple : SCRUNCH
23-across – Japanese, probably not one into 9! : SAMURAI
24-across – Covered walkway : PORTICO
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Sing in a soft low tone : CROON
2-down – Legal term from the Latin ‘elsewhere’ : ALIBI
3-down – Technologically up-to-date : STATEOFTHEART
4-down – Hot pepper : CHILLI
5-down – Experimentation through experience : TRIALANDERROR
6-down – Last month : ULTIMO
7-down – Proverbs: saws : ADAGES
12-down – Verdi opera : AIDA
14-down – Bone in the human forearm : ULNA
15-down – Emphasis: result often of being under pressure : STRESS
16-down – In law, having two spouses at the same time : BIGAMY
17-down – Prate, chatter : GOSSIP
19-down – Mountain source of Mosaic Law : SINAI
20-down – Human-looking beast in Gulliver’s Travels: search engine conglomerate : YAHOO
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.