This crossword No. 881 clues and answers were published on Sun 12 Aug 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 881 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Very remote inaccessible place : BACKOFBEYOND
9-across – Malicious crime : ARSON
10-across – Bad-smelling distillate of carbon : NAPHTHA
11-across – River of Siberia : LENA
12-across – Affluent : WELLTODO
14-across – ‘Just the ——‘: an appropriate thing : TICKET
15-across – Don : FELLOW
18-across – Out of this world : ESOTERIC
20-across – Warning device on a vehicle : HORN
22-across – Huge inn? : UNHINGE
23-across – Cultivate by growing : RAISE
24-across – Work, originally in return for food and lodgings : EARNONESKEEP
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Brittle grey-green semi-metal, atomic number 33 : ARSENIC
3-down – Eccentricity : KINK
4-down – Leo ——, designer of the first solid-body electric guitar : FENDER
5-down – Wood used for lattice work : ESPALIER
6-down – Get the better of : OUTDO
7-down – Coldest part of the year : DEADOFWINTER
8-down – ‘He who pays the piper —– — —-‘ : CALLSTHETUNE
13-down – To this point in time : HEREUNTO
16-down – Glorify; treat as a hero : LIONISE
17-down – Choice cut of beefsteak : RIBEYE
19-down – Different, not the same one or this one : OTHER
21-down – Arduous journey : TREK
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.