This crossword No. 487 clues and answers were published on Sun 09 Jan 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 487 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Badger : HASSLE
4-across – Unit of a poem : STANZA
8-across – Synthetic material : NYLON
9-across – Group living together, sharing all : COMMUNE
10-across – Ability to cope with life on board : SEALEGS
11-across – Canny : ACUTE
12-across – An unhappy existence : ADOGSLIFE
17-across – Resides : LIVES
19-across – Larger than average : OUTSIZE
21-across – Flightless bird : PENGUIN
22-across – Banish : EXILE
23-across – Complain loudly or persistently : YAMMER
24-across – In music, having no established key : ATONAL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Sincere : HONEST
2-down – Wife of an Eastern potentate : SULTANA
3-down – Pierce : LANCE
5-down – Percussion instruments : TIMPANI
6-down – Pacific republic, once Pleasant Island : NAURU
7-down – Tips : APEXES
9-down – Makes someone dejected : CASTSDOWN
13-down – Abstruse : OBSCURE
14-down – Omission : ELISION
15-down – Mawkish : SLOPPY
16-down – Make public : REVEAL
18-down – Spite : VENOM
20-down – 16th century Counter-Reformation council : TRENT
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.