This crossword No. 692 clues and answers were published on Sun 21 Dec 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 692 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Panache : DASH
3-across – Person who holds no title : COMMONER
8-across – Dig, or a barbed comment : GIBE
9-across – Aromatic West Indian tree : ALLSPICE
11-across – Going places : ONTHEWAYUP
14-across – Walk with long steps : STRIDE
15-across – Quivering : TREMOR
17-across – Uncertainties : IFSANDBUTS
20-across – Geological period : TERTIARY
21-across – Unflinching : FIRM
22-across – Settlement enjoying sudden prosperity : BOOMTOWN
23-across – Shade of blue : CYAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Place for one in disfavour : DOGHOUSE
2-down – Tale designed to arouse sympathy : SOBSTORY
4-down – Lubricator with a long nozzle : OILCAN
5-down – Adam’s queer? : MASQUERADE
6-down – Collar : NAIL
7-down – Kind of knot : REEF
10-down – Legal transfer of property where no consideration is made : DEEDOFGIFT
12-down – Exemption from punishment or loss : IMPUNITY
13-down – Journalist : PRESSMAN
16-down – Abbey home to the Venerable Bede : JARROW
18-down – Pierce : STAB
19-down – Beethoven’s ‘Archduke’, for instance : TRIO
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.