This crossword No. 602 clues and answers were published on Sun 01 Apr 2007 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 602 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Turn down, reject : REFUSE
4-across – Verb qualifier : ADVERB
8-across – Parasitic insect : LOUSE
9-across – Plunder, sack : PILLAGE
10-across – Devilish : SATANIC
11-across – Short sacred vocal work : MOTET
12-across – No longer required, unnecessary : REDUNDANT
17-across – Assumed name : ALIAS
19-across – Shorten : ABRIDGE
21-across – Group of a hundred : CENTURY
22-across – Hangman’s running loop : NOOSE
23-across – Writer : SCRIBE
24-across – Pure, virtuous : CHASTE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Delight in : RELISH
2-down – Small bet : FLUTTER
3-down – Beer mug : STEIN
5-down – Quandary : DILEMMA
6-down – Precise : EXACT
7-down – Respiration : BREATH
9-down – Monetary : PECUNIARY
13-down – Unsettle, discomfit : DISTURB
14-down – Tiresome, boring : TEDIOUS
15-down – Political assembly : CAUCUS
16-down – Strict, harsh : SEVERE
18-down – Central, internal : INNER
20-down – American cattle farm : RANCH
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.