This crossword No. 15470 clues and answers were published on Fri 06 Dec 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 15470 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Right to vote in an election : FRANCHISE
8-across – Author of nonsense poems and limericks, d. 1888 : LEAR
9-across – Elasticated band for fastening hair : SCRUNCHIE
10-across – Very hard wood : TEAK
13-across – Capital of Ecuador : QUITO
15-across – Darjeeling holder? : TEACUP
16-across – Repulsive : ODIOUS
17-across – Wonderful : WIZARD
19-across – Hack : JOURNO
20-across – Islam’s holy book : KORAN
21-across – Blink — shut-eye? : WINK
24-across – Farm worker : PLOUGHMAN
25-across – Time taken for a specified planet to go round the sun : YEAR
26-across – Surgery : OPERATION
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Framework : RACK
3-down – Naming word : NOUN
4-down – Reflex spasm of the diaphragm, producing a gulping sound : HICCUP
5-down – Asian religion — no hits : SHINTO
6-down – Person one detests — ie not beer : BETENOIRE
7-down – Restraint used to slow a wheel’s rotation : BRAKESHOE
11-down – People who hide on board, hoping not to pay for the trip : STOWAWAYS
12-down – Someone from Dar es Salaam? : TANZANIAN
13-down – Oddity : QUIRK
14-down – Largest UK cinema chain : ODEON
18-down – Small measure of semi-solid food : DOLLOP
19-down – Car — cat : JAGUAR
22-down – Seal : SHUT
23-down – Othello’s nemesis : IAGO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.