This crossword No. 15862 clues and answers were published on Wed 10 Mar 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 15862 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Coney : RABBIT
4-across – Elegant and fashionable : SWISH
7-across – Hindu festival with lights, celebrating the end of the monsoon : DIWALI
8-across – Not divisible by two : UNEVEN
9-across – Energetic dance — swing music : JIVE
10-across – Plant with large brightly coloured flowers — cub is his : HIBISCUS
12-across – Consonant formed in Estuary English, making ‘butter’ sound as ‘bu/er’ — plot lost tag : GLOTTALSTOP
17-across – Galaxy : MILKYWAY
19-across – Holy Father : POPE
20-across – Mountain peak where Noah’s Ark landed : ARARAT
21-across – Person who plunders : LOOTER
22-across – Attempt to pull a fast one : TRYON
23-across – Indifference to life : APATHY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Barrier consisting of bars : RAILING
2-down – Mexican agricultural labourer in the US — crab roe : BRACERO
3-down – Hibernian meat and veg dish : IRISHSTEW
4-down – One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam : SUNNI
5-down – Without reference to anything else : INVACUO
6-down – Frank and reliable : HONEST
11-down – Ungainly : BELLYFLOP
13-down – Song for bedtime : LULLABY
14-down – Main support for a tree, growing straight downward from the trunk : TAPROOT
15-down – Hot : PEPPERY
16-down – Diacritical mark used in German : UMLAUT
18-down – Hanker : YEARN
This crossword has in total 25 where 13 are across and 12 are down.