This crossword No. 15225 clues and answers were published on Sat 23 Feb 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 15225 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Flag — of the usual kind : STANDARD
5-across – Competent : ABLE
9-across – Peers of the realm : DUKES
10-across – Vanity : CONCEIT
11-across – Soldiers regarded as expendable in battle : CANNONFODDER
13-across – Perplexed — rotten : ADDLED
14-across – Exactly right : SPOTON
17-across – Unbearable : EXCRUCIATING
20-across – Beyond endurance : TOOMUCH
21-across – Strident sound : BLARE
22-across – Established standards : CODE
23-across – Marvellous : SPLENDID
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Lather : SUDS
2-down – Gauche — obstinate : AWKWARD
3-down – Not sincere : DISINGENUOUS
4-down – Modern — centre : RECENT
6-down – Procreate : BREED
7-down – Install as a 16 : ENTHRONE
8-down – Ill-matched : INCOMPATIBLE
12-down – Imperial : MAJESTIC
15-down – Manx parliament : TYNWALD
16-down – Chess piece : BISHOP
18-down – Throng : CROWD
19-down – Tear apart : REND
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.