This crossword No. 1317 clues and answers were published on Sun 27 Dec 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 1317 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 – Beginnings of a whirlwind or maelstrom : EDDY
13-across – Defile : BEFOUL
14-across – Gold-coloured alloy in furniture decoration : ORMOLU
16-across – Position : ROLE
17-across – Ewers: they deliver to batters! : PITCHERS
19-across – Most intense; most profound : 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 – Dickens novel aka A Tale of the Riots of Eighty : BARNABYRUDGE
7-down – State of malice : SPITEFULNESS
12-down – Debris : WRECKAGE
15-down – Soupçon : LITTLE
18-down – Crying sound of an animal : MEOW
This crossword has in total 22 where 12 are across and 10 are down.