This crossword No. 748 clues and answers were published on Sun 17 Jan 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 748 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Task undertaken for enjoyment : LABOUR
4-across – See 1 : OFLOVE
9-across – Move fast, noisily, and heavily : THUNDER
10-across – A partsong in which voices follow each other : ROUND
11-across – Thespian : ACTOR
12-across – Recklessness : ABANDON
13-across – One opposed to closer links with our Continental neighbours : EUROSCEPTIC
18-across – Sparking apparatus : EXCITER
20-across – Remove a cover from : UNCAP
22-across – Sacred song : PSALM
23-across – Ease : LEISURE
24-across – Stops something early on : NIPSIN
25-across – See 24 : THEBUD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Series of films starring Mel Gibson : LETHAL
2-down – Major force : BRUNT
3-down – Urged on : UNDERGO
5-down – Force : FORZA
6-down – Roman Catholic organisation : OPUSDEI
7-down – Potential consequence of playing with a 1,16? : ENDING
8-down – Navigation by spherical arc : GREATCIRCLE
14-down – Detach : UNCLASP
15-down – Strait-laced : PRUDISH
16-down – See 1 : WEAPON
17-down – See 7 : UPDEAD
19-down – Speeds, rhythms of musical pieces : TEMPI
21-down – Very small quantity of something, especially food : CRUMB
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.