This crossword No. 15053 clues and answers were published on Mon 06 Aug 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 15053 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Top car : CAPTOR
4-across – Having existed from the beginning : PRIMAL
9-across – Conscientious : DUTIFUL
10-across – Waits in hiding to attack : LURKS
11-across – Clean : LANCE
12-across – Outfit : COSTUME
13-across – Having turrets and battlements : CASTELLATED
18-across – It may be : PERHAPS
20-across – Freshwater fish : TENCH
22-across – Hazardous : RISKY
23-across – High — rapturous : EXALTED
24-across – Enlarge : DILATE
25-across – In disagreement : ATODDS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Embrace : CUDDLE
2-down – Stage — hoax : PUTON
3-down – Unconventional : OFFBEAT
5-down – Irritates : RILES
6-down – Large tent : MARQUEE
7-down – Tied — beaten : LASHED
8-down – Banned from consideration : BLACKLISTED
14-down – Spray can : AEROSOL
15-down – Allure : ATTRACT
16-down – Treated mercifully : SPARED
17-down – British financier and coloniser in southern Africa, d. 1902 : RHODES
19-down – Up to now : ASYET
21-down – Famous : NOTED
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.