This crossword No. 15974 clues and answers were published on Mon 19 Jul 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 15974 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Absurd : SCREWBALL
8-across – Inaction : REST
9-across – Act to reconcile differences : ARBITRATE
10-across – Revise : CRAM
13-across – Watery component of blood : SERUM
15-across – Consecrate — order : ORDAIN
16-across – With added seasoning : SALTED
17-across – Expression of annoyance? : TUTTUT
19-across – Most senior : OLDEST
20-across – Shabby : SEEDY
21-across – Extremely — exact : VERY
24-across – Open to interpretation : AMBIGUOUS
25-across – Rocky outcrop : CRAG
26-across – Encouragement to a child who’s taken a tumble : UPSYDAISY
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Limit : CURB
3-down – Give out : EMIT
4-down – Millstone : BURDEN
5-down – Kind of basic test : LITMUS
6-down – Intended : BETROTHED
7-down – Tax on a house purchase : STAMPDUTY
11-down – In an undertone : SOTTOVOCE
12-down – Leading article — I tailored : EDITORIAL
13-down – Cavity in the bones of the skull : SINUS
14-down – Truly, ___ , Deeply, 1990 Anthony Minghella film : MADLY
18-down – Join forces : TEAMUP
19-down – Peculiarity : ODDITY
22-down – Lower house of the Russian Federal Assembly since 1993 : DUMA
23-down – Wiretaps : BUGS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.