This crossword No. 15287 clues and answers were published on Tue 07 May 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 15287 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Wretchedness : MISERY
4-across – Wooden-headed hammer : MALLET
9-across – Become shrunken and wrinkled : SHRIVEL
10-across – Unaccompanied : ALONE
11-across – Scare : ACRES
12-across – Passage selected from a larger work : EXTRACT
13-across – Three-card trick : FINDTHELADY
18-across – Beethoven piano concerto, Op. 73 : EMPEROR
20-across – Breast : BOSOM
22-across – Speedy : SWIFT
23-across – Amelia __ , aviator, d. 1937 : EARHART
24-across – Most unrefined : RUDEST
25-across – State capital of New South Wales : SYDNEY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Unlucky accident : MISHAP
2-down – More certain : SURER
3-down – Prepared for exams : REVISED
5-down – Change to suit a new purpose : ADAPT
6-down – Skin-tight garment : LEOTARD
7-down – Pact : TREATY
8-down – Lincolnshire seaside resort — lecher’s poet : CLEETHORPES
14-down – Stated indirectly : IMPLIED
15-down – Freedom : LIBERTY
16-down – Gas-fired water heater : GEYSER
17-down – Forge : SMITHY
19-down – Evaluates the importance : RATES
21-down – Killed : SLAIN
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.