This crossword No. 15078 clues and answers were published on Tue 04 Sep 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 15078 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Vessel : BOAT
3-across – Disciple : FOLLOWER
8-across – Food : NOSH
9-across – Coffee-flavoured liqueur : TIAMARIA
11-across – Lindisfarne : HOLYISLAND
14-across – Stringed instrument : ZITHER
15-across – Star system : GALAXY
17-across – Composer of the musical Oliver! : LIONELBART
20-across – Spectator : ONLOOKER
21-across – The __ of the Greasepaint — The Smell of the Crowd : ROAR
22-across – Inflexibility : RIGIDITY
23-across – Travel permit : VISA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Libya’s second most populous city : BENGHAZI
2-down – Not subject to any limitation : ABSOLUTE
4-down – Songbird with yellow and black plumage — Leo or I : ORIOLE
5-down – Pitiful : LAMENTABLE
6-down – Small hard excrescence on the skin : WART
7-down – Peruse : READ
10-down – Probability : LIKELIHOOD
12-down – Pasta tubes : MACARONI
13-down – Uncontrollable emotion — this year : HYSTERIA
16-down – Move away from the left margin : INDENT
18-down – Rain heavily : POUR
19-down – Iris — become weary : FLAG
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.