This crossword No. 15325 clues and answers were published on Thu 20 Jun 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 15325 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Ability in the management of national affairs : STATESMANSHIP
8-across – Select as a preferable alternative : OPT
9-across – Reach adult status : COMEOFAGE
10-across – Read through briefly : LOOKOVER
11-across – Item of footwear : SHOE
13-across – Amorous embrace? : CLINCH
14-across – Dance around excitedly : CAVORT
16-across – Patriarch who saved his family and all the animals from drowning : NOAH
17-across – Death : CURTAINS
20-across – Stirring — anxiety : AGITATION
21-across – Star that provides light and heat for a solar system : SUN
22-across – Absence : NONATTENDANCE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Seat without a back : STOOL
2-down – Oppressively strict : AUTHORITARIAN
3-down – Intrude gradually : ENCROACH
4-down – Person belonging to a particular group : MEMBER
5-down – Midday : NOON
6-down – Ridiculously over-complicated in design and/or construction : HEATHROBINSON
7-down – Rule of conduct : PRECEPT
12-down – Secured : FASTENED
13-down – Hold within : CONTAIN
15-down – Pointless : FUTILE
18-down – From that time : SINCE
19-down – Handle of an axe : HAFT
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.