This crossword No. 14898 clues and answers were published on Tue 06 Feb 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 14898 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Large cask : BUTT
3-across – Established : ACCEPTED
8-across – Affected in mannerisms : CAMP
9-across – Close aerial combat : DOGFIGHT
11-across – Conveying a reprimand : ADMONITORY
14-across – Escort in transit : CONVOY
15-across – Llama relative, valued for it’s wool : ALPACA
17-across – Slovakian capital : BRATISLAVA
20-across – First — novel : ORIGINAL
21-across – US civil rights leader, assassinated 1968 : KING
22-across – Underground prisons : DUNGEONS
23-across – Heap of combustible material for burning a body : PYRE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Fortuitously : BYCHANCE
2-down – Personally speaking : TOMYMIND
4-down – Small rented Scottish farms : CROFTS
5-down – Requiring no physical or mental exertion : EFFORTLESS
6-down – Clothes : TOGS
7-down – Love beyond reason : DOTE
10-down – Clear off! : ONYOURBIKE
12-down – Disaster : CALAMITY
13-down – Diatribe : HARANGUE
16-down – Overwork — melody : STRAIN
18-down – Stand-offish : COLD
19-down – Big cat : LION
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.