This crossword No. 599 clues and answers were published on Sun 11 Mar 2007 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 599 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – Literature for the blind : TALKINGBOOK
7-across – Conservative : TORY
8-across – Accolades : TRIBUTES
9-across – Impatient : ITCHING
11-across – Demise : DEATH
13-across – Place in ordered pile : STACK
14-across – Hobby : PASTIME
16-across – Perpendicular : VERTICAL
17-across – Flat-bottomed boat : PUIT
18-across – Noteworthy points; collectables : MEMORABILIA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Ruse, stratagem : PLOY
2-down – Remote : DISTANT
3-down – One more time : AGAIN
4-down – Paper, form : DOCUMENT
5-down – Fishing location : TROUTSTREAM
6-down – Compulsion to steal : KLEPTOMAINA
10-down – Great quantity of victims : HECATOMB
12-down – Native antipodean marsupial : WALLABY
15-down – Group of 20 : SCORE
17-down – Wan : PALE
This crossword has in total 20 where 10 are across and 10 are down.