This crossword No. 15843 clues and answers were published on Tue 16 Feb 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 15843 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Citrus fruit — overseeing all : SEVILLEORANGE
8-across – Royal residences : PALACES
9-across – Sworn promises : OATHS
10-across – US vagrant : HOBO
11-across – Salad of shredded cabbage etc : COLESLAW
13-across – Required : NEEDED
14-across – Pacific atoll, used for 23 US nuclear tests between 1946 and 1958 : BIKINI
17-across – In foreign parts : OVERSEAS
19-across – Highest point of achievement : ACME
21-across – Large milk container : CHURN
22-across – Ways and means : METHODS
24-across – American jazz singer, d, 1959 : BILLIEHOLIDAY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Plant juice : SAP
2-down – Fluent in speech : VOLUBLE
3-down – Deficiency : LACK
4-down – London rail terminus : EUSTON
5-down – Zimbabwe’s former name : RHODESIA
6-down – Birth-related : NATAL
7-down – Former : ERSTWHILE
10-down – Victorian mode of transport : HANSOMCAB
12-down – Nordic capital : HELSINKI
15-down – Those in the know? : INCROWD
16-down – Affection : WARMTH
18-down – Peer : EQUAL
20-down – And elsewhere : ETAL
23-down – Utter : SAY
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.