This crossword No. 569 clues and answers were published on Sun 13 Aug 2006 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 569 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Initiation ordeal : BAPTISMOF
8-across – See 1 : FIRE
9-across – Scuttle : BEETLEOFF
10-across – Combine : MELD
13-across – Have an accident : CRASH
15-across – Loathsome : ODIOUS
16-across – Here : HITHER
17-across – Showy herbaceous perennial : DAHLIA
19-across – Second son of Jacob and Leah, and his tribe : SIMEON
20-across – Puts together : EDITS
21-across – Aroma : NOSE
24-across – Columnist dealing with readers’ problems : AGONYAUNT
25-across – Willing sport : GAME
26-across – See 25 : FORALAUGH
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Matured : AGED
3-down – Ballet dress : TUTU
4-down – Large scissors : SHEARS
5-down – Bone-headed : OAFISH
6-down – Record of work : TIMESHEET
7-down – Body odour neutraliser : DEODORANT
11-down – Most flourishing and outstanding period : GOLDENAGE
12-down – Supple : LITHESOME
13-down – Unit of radioactivity : CURIE
14-down – Music systems : HIFIS
18-down – Slow movement : ADAGIO
19-down – Group of lines in a poem, play, etc : STANZA
22-down – Volcanic flowing rock : LAVA
23-down – Comfy : SNUG
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.