This crossword No. 15804 clues and answers were published on Fri 01 Jan 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 15804 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Medical condition caused by harmful bacteria in the blood : SEPSIS
4-across – Darker area : SHADOW
8-across – Pale purple : MAUVE
9-across – Diameter of a gun barrel : CALIBRE
10-across – ___ Lawson, cook : NIGELLA
11-across – American handbag — boxer’s prize : PURSE
12-across – Flooded field for growing food-producing swamp grass : RICEPADDY
17-across – Eight musicians as a group : OCTET
19-across – Region of south-west France between the Bay of Biscay and the Pyrenees : GASCONY
21-across – With no duty : TAXFREE
22-across – Like the moon : LUNAR
23-across – Exhausted : ZONKED
24-across – Host city for the 1896 Olympics : ATHENS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Signoret, de Beauvoir or Weil? : SIMONE
2-down – One taking a dive : PLUNGER
3-down – Perfect in every way : IDEAL
5-down – Adelphi : HELIPAD
6-down – Suspend : DEBAR
7-down – Frankfurter : WIENER
9-down – Pale cream colour — map change : CHAMPAGNE
13-down – Exclusive inner circle : COTERIE
14-down – Cameroon’s capital : YAOUNDE
15-down – Spanish conquistador who toppled Montezuma, 1519 : CORTEZ
16-down – Mediterranean island country : CYPRUS
18-down – Poison : TOXIN
20-down – Cut down the middle : SPLIT
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.