This crossword No. 1298 clues and answers were published on Sun 16 Aug 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 1298 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Remove everything surplus to prepare for action : CLEARTHEDECKS
8-across – Mad pilot? : DIPLOMA
9-across – Latin dance : MAMBO
10-across – Twiddled one’s thumbs : IDLED
11-across – Spanish wine punch : SANGRIA
12-across – Humbly ask for a favour : GOCAPINHAND
17-across – Relating to, or associated with, heat : THERMAL
19-across – Robert —– Marley: Jamaican singer-songwriter : NESTA
21-across – Outstanding: displaying great dignity : PROUD
22-across – Eccentric; quirky : OFFBEAT
23-across – Manufacturing production apparatuses : ASSEMBLYLINES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Golfer’s major-domo : CADDIE
2-down – Banish; discharge : EXPEL
3-down – Welsh valley whose coal ‘fuelled the Royal Navy’ : RHONDDA
4-down – People will be sacked or disgraced : HEADSWILLROLL
5-down – Fallen angel : DEMON
6-down – 21st century UK Prime Minister : CAMERON
7-down – Distinctive watchword or motto : SLOGAN
13-down – Demanding; burdensome : ONEROUS
14-down – Person, animal or task that is difficult to manage : HANDFUL
15-down – Bliss; paradise : UTOPIA
16-down – Thorny desert plant : CACTUS
18-down – Device that connects computers by a phone line : MODEM
20-down – Back of a marine vessel : STERN
This crossword has in total 24 where 11 are across and 13 are down.