This crossword No. 14519 clues and answers were published on Sat 19 Nov 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 14519 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Bad habit : VICE
3-across – Weariness : LETHARGY
8-across – Rich soil : LOAM
9-across – Scattered pieces from a bursting shell : SHRAPNEL
11-across – Hard coal : ANTHRACITE
14-across – Oppose : RESIST
15-across – Loose coins : CHANGE
17-across – Piece of coded writing : CRYPTOGRAM
20-across – In flight : AIRBORNE
21-across – Select actors for play or film : CAST
22-across – Thick syrup extracted from sugar cane : MOLASSES
23-across – Repudiate : DENY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – French author of Candide, d. 1778 : VOLTAIRE
2-down – Censure severely : CHASTISE
4-down – Study of moral values : ETHICS
5-down – Male object of infatuation : HEARTTHROB
6-down – Putrid : RANK
7-down – Christmas : YULE
10-down – Rank and file at the local level : GRASSROOTS
12-down – Breed — nicer sea : INCREASE
13-down – Branch of mathematics : GEOMETRY
16-down – Cadge : SPONGE
18-down – Royal holiday residence on the River Dee : BALM
19-down – See 18 : ORAL
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.