This crossword No. 1239 clues and answers were published on Sun 30 Jun 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 1239 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Mollify : SOOTHE
4-across – Small but long-winged bird of prey : FALCON
9-across – 3, 7, for example : ADMIRAL
10-across – So-called ‘royal herb’ : BASIL
11-across – Unsaid, implied : TACIT
12-across – Flesh-eating mythical monster of Algonquin Native American tribes : WINDIGO
13-across – Said of a person who is very agitated or apprehensive : BAGOFNERVES
18-across – Extremely wicked : HEINOUS
20-across – Basque name for a Biscay city: hobbit : BILBO
22-across – Model; utopian : IDEAL
23-across – Sister of Augustus Caesar and Mark Antony’s fourth wife : OCTAVIA
24-across – The fourth ——: the press : ESTATE
25-across – Inhabitant of, or relating to, South American upland : ANDEAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Military hub of ancient Greece : SPARTA
2-down – Of hearing: of a heavy metal element : OSMIC
3-down – Friend of Hamlet : HORATIO
5-down – Saint, the first British martyr : ALBAN
6-down – Former Spanish kingdom covering much of the Iberian plateau : CASTILE
7-down – Wrestling hold: New Zealand town : NELSON
8-down – Explode in anger : BLOWONESTOP
14-down – Food, support : ALIMENT
15-down – Exult, gloat emphatically : RUBITIN
16-down – Sanctuary : SHRINE
17-down – Orbit: area of special mastery : DOMAIN
19-down – Towel? : OWLET
21-down – : LEVEE
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.