This crossword No. 15462 clues and answers were published on Wed 27 Nov 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 15462 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Given often to poor health : SICKLY
4-across – Writhe : SQUIRM
8-across – Ground meat : MINCE
9-across – Upper limit : CEILING
10-across – Someone else : ANOTHER
11-across – Dodge : EVADE
12-across – Behave in a silly way : MUCKABOUT
17-across – Come clean : OWNUP
19-across – Edible fungus — chocolate sweet : TRUFFLE
21-across – A derisory amount of money : PEANUTS
22-across – Lock of hair : TRESS
23-across – Cleaning cloth : DUSTER
24-across – Fleet of ships : ARMADA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Ape-like : SIMIAN
2-down – Toe the line : CONFORM
3-down – Blood-sucking worm : LEECH
5-down – Indeed : QUITESO
6-down – One of the Balearic Islands : IBIZA
7-down – Lodestone, for example : MAGNET
9-down – Don Quixote author : CERVANTES
13-down – Catch : CAPTURE
14-down – Fabric — a fat eft : TAFFETA
15-down – Lethargic : TORPID
16-down – Iran, formerly : PERSIA
18-down – Less than average tidal rises and falls : NEAPS
20-down – Speak : UTTER
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.