This crossword No. 15852 clues and answers were published on Fri 26 Feb 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 15852 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Patient — legal action : CASE
3-across – Wind-eroded dry area of the United States : DUSTBOWL
8-across – Threaten : LOOM
9-across – Excessively instructive : DIDACTIC
11-across – Give up : RELINQUISH
14-across – Reject : DISOWN
15-across – Smoked breakfast fish : KIPPER
17-across – Novelty show with insects : FLEACIRCUS
20-across – Speech : LANGUAGE
21-across – Extinct bird of Mauritius : DODO
22-across – Bad behaviour : MISCHIEF
23-across – That seems unlikely! : ASIF
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Kind of beetle, a potato pest : COLORADO
2-down – Perfectly clean : SPOTLESS
4-down – Singular : UNIQUE
5-down – Willingness to work together : TEAMSPIRIT
6-down – Obscene word or expression : OATH
7-down – Wingless bloodsuckers : LICE
10-down – Machine for clearing flakes? : SNOWPLOUGH
12-down – Convincing at first, but flawed : SPECIOUS
13-down – Rebuff : BRUSHOFF
16-down – Rinse throat with mouthwash : GARGLE
18-down – : SLIM
19-down – Responsibility : ONUS
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.