This crossword No. 14015 clues and answers were published on Fri 10 Apr 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 14015 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – : DROP
3-across – Boat catching small edible crustaceans : SHRIMPER
8-across – Device that softens the tone of a musical instrument : MUTE
9-across – One of the 13 original American colonies : MARYLAND
11-across – Contrite : REMORSEFUL
14-across – Hold out : RESIST
15-across – A fling : AFFAIR
17-across – Destructive and harmful : PERNICIOUS
20-across – Mental state induced by suggestion : HYPNOSIS
21-across – An arm or a leg? : LIMB
22-across – Burgers or kebabs : FASTFOOD
23-across – Groucho or Karl? : MARX
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Light brown cane sugar : DEMERARA
2-down – Feeling that all is going to turn out well : OPTIMISM
4-down – Therapist : HEALER
5-down – Blatantly aggressive : INYOURFACE
6-down – Saturated and compressed vegetable matter, used as fuel when dried out : PEAT
7-down – Fashion again : REDO
10-down – Fed up : BRASSEDOFF
12-down – Asian shrub of the rose family — I cap Joan : JAPONICA
13-down – Area at events set aside for journalists : PRESSBOX
16-down – Colour — I’d go in : INDIGO
18-down – Cooker? : CHEF
19-down – Work : OPUS
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.