This crossword No. 15988 clues and answers were published on Wed 04 Aug 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 15988 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Send-up : PARODY
4-across – Cut meat, stone or wood : CARVE
7-across – Coming together of businesses : MERGER
8-across – Slender and graceful : SVELTE
9-across – One gets over it as one gets older : HILL
10-across – Underground energy source : COALMINE
12-across – Regains Mali : MARGINALISE
17-across – And so on : ETCETERA
19-across – Debatable : MOOT
20-across – Support for photography : TRIPOD
21-across – Line around an area to prevent entry : CORDON
22-across – Object used in playing chess : PIECE
23-across – Mixture of things from different sources : MEDLEY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Extra cost : PREMIUM
2-down – One often found in pub? : REGULAR
3-down – Order issued from above : DIRECTIVE
4-down – Nit-pick : CAVIL
5-down – Recovers in health or morale : RALLIES
6-down – Time for a mid-morning something? : ELEVEN
11-down – Sudden appearance of an overwhelming mass : AVALANCHE
13-down – Record store : ARCHIVE
14-down – Degenerate : IMMORAL
15-down – Thrift : ECONOMY
16-down – Repressed : PENTUP
18-down – Common theme : TROPE
This crossword has in total 25 where 13 are across and 12 are down.