This crossword No. 15552 clues and answers were published on Thu 12 Mar 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 15552 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Stop just talking and get to the point : CUTTHE
4-across – See 1 : CACKLE
8-across – Without qualification : UTTER
9-across – Taken up : ADOPTED
10-across – Suffering : TORMENT
11-across – Offspring : ISSUE
12-across – Morally corrupt : DEBAUCHED
17-across – Commend : EXTOL
19-across – What’s frequently found by a brush — stand up : DUSTPAN
21-across – Urbane : REFINED
22-across – Pic : PHOTO
23-across – Official residence of the French president : ELYSEE
24-across – See 23 : PALACE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Woos — legal tribunals : COURTS
2-down – Coached : TUTORED
3-down – Throng : HORDE
5-down – Do away with : ABOLISH
6-down – Birds — toys : KITES
7-down – Whirlpools : EDDIES
9-down – Greatly surprised : ASTOUNDED
13-down – Scale for weighing : BALANCE
14-down – Document conferring a qualification : DIPLOMA
15-down – Expression of dismay : DEARME
16-down – No matter who : ANYONE
18-down – With bunches of hair, say : TUFTY
20-down – Brown tone associated with old photographs : SEPIA
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.