This crossword No. 15487 clues and answers were published on Fri 27 Dec 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 15487 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Corporate raider who sells off parts of a company for personal gain : ASSETSTRIPPER
8-across – Indian state, former Portuguese colony : GOA
9-across – Boring hard cheese : MOUSETRAP
10-across – Quickness : RAPIDITY
11-across – Form of hydrated silica, often used as a gemstone : OPAL
13-across – Clergyman : CURATE
14-across – Exist permanently as part of : INHERE
16-across – Contest of speed : RACE
17-across – Kept within limits : CONFINED
20-across – Small thin sausage : CHIPOLATA
21-across – Be prostrate : LIE
22-across – Someone excessively affected by a hard luck story : BLEEDINGHEART
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Rage : ANGER
2-down – Unscrupulous dealing : SHARPPRACTICE
3-down – Shyness : TIMIDITY
4-down – Provokes — a stunt : TAUNTS
5-down – Two people considered together : ITEM
6-down – Odds and ends used in a particular pursuit : PARAPHERNALIA
7-down – Beat back : REPULSE
12-down – Instantly : INAFLASH
13-down – Woody centre of an ear of maize : CORNCOB
15-down – Region : DOMAIN
18-down – Inhabited : DWELT
19-down – River crossing : FORD
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.