This crossword No. 15886 clues and answers were published on Wed 07 Apr 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 15886 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Relapsing into bad ways : BACKSLIDING
9-across – Carefully listening : ATTENTIVE
10-across – Pasture : LEA
11-across – Discourage : DETER
13-across – Cream cakes : ECLAIRS
14-across – Go too far : OVERDO
15-across – Attest : AFFIRM
18-across – Pain in the middle or inner ear : OTALGIA
20-across – To do with an anatomical bulge or swelling : NODAL
21-across – Fasten : TIE
22-across – Venetian merchant and explorer who wrote about Kublai Khan’s China, d. 1324 : MARCOPOLO
24-across – Set up : ESTABLISHED
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Play section : ACT
3-down – Similar in quality or character : KINDRED
4-down – Linger — lurk : LOITER
5-down – Reside : DWELL
6-down – Invalidated : NULLIFIED
7-down – With barely enough money for immediate needs : HANDTOMOUTH
8-down – Pink-flowered plant — confectionery item : MARSHMALLOW
12-down – Young people : TEENAGERS
16-down – Resembling mushrooms or toadstools? : FUNGOUS
17-down – Cask : BARREL
19-down – Bass instrument of the viol family with about the range of a cello : GAMBA
23-down – Chart-topping number? : ONE
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.