This crossword No. 14759 clues and answers were published on Sat 26 Aug 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 14759 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Monkey puzzle tree : ARAUCARIA
8-across – Robbery : HEIST
9-across – Apportion : DOLEOUT
10-across – Ability to read and write : LITERACY
11-across – Beatle — singer with Peter and Mary : PAUL
13-across – Persist : HANGIN
14-across – Patience, for example? : VIRTUE
16-across – Given the chop : AXED
17-across – Earthenware : CROCKERY
19-across – Childish fit of anger : TANTRUM
20-across – Ancient Greek assembly place : AGORA
21-across – Go ashore : DISEMBARK
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Small celestial body moving around the sun : ASTEROID
2-down – Criminally remove to an undisclosed location : ABDUCT
3-down – Obtain from a variety of sources : CULL
4-down – 1957 John Braine novel : ROOMATTHETOP
5-down – Gunner : ARTILLERYMAN
6-down – Zealous and sincere : WHOLEHEARTED
7-down – Buckinghamshire new town : MILTONKEYNES
12-down – Showy but cheap or badly made : GIMCRACK
15-down – Black Sea peninsula : CRIMEA
18-down – Neat — prune : TRIM
This crossword has in total 22 where 12 are across and 10 are down.