This crossword No. 15981 clues and answers were published on Tue 27 Jul 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 15981 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Unthreatening : HARMLESS
5-across – Reverse : FLIP
9-across – Get punished : COPIT
10-across – Proportionately : PRORATA
11-across – Long prison term : LIFESENTENCE
13-across – It’s up for debate : MOTION
14-across – Strong effect : IMPACT
17-across – High fashion : HAUTECOUTURE
20-across – Come after : SUCCEED
21-across – Religion is ‘the ___ of the people’ : OPIUM
22-across – Severe respiratory disease, first identified in 2003 : SARS
23-across – Logically sound : REASONED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Bumpkin : HICK
2-down – Not a first edition : REPRINT
3-down – Means of getting into correspondence : LETTEROPENER
4-down – Evening meal : SUPPER
6-down – Adapt one’s behaviour in the light of experience : LEARN
7-down – Reproductive organ in the human uterus : PLACENTA
8-down – Put on costume : CONTEMPTUOUS
12-down – Extra stress : EMPHASIS
15-down – Call before a court to answer an indictment : ARRAIGN
16-down – Cook in hot : CODDLE
18-down – Slow-healing sore : ULCER
19-down – In the thick of : AMID
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.