This crossword No. 1339 clues and answers were published on Sun 30 May 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 1339 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Female companion : CHAPERONE
8-across – Small cylindrical glass bottle : PHIAL
9-across – Advantage : BENEFIT
10-across – Trial under operating conditions : ROADTEST
11-across – Front of the leg : SHIN
13-across – Professional assasins : HITMEN
14-across – Livestock pen : CORRAL
16-across – Standard : NORM
17-across – Genus of pepper : CAPSICUM
19-across – Driving force : IMPETUS
20-across – Part of the stage in front of curtain : APRON
21-across – Mismatch : NOCONTEST
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Women’s knee-length trousers : CULOTTES
2-down – Surprise attack : AMBUSH
3-down – Sicilian volcano : ETNA
4-down – Not for publication : OFFTHERECORD
5-down – Complicated involvement : ENTANGLEMENT
6-down – Anxiety, unease : APPREHENSION
7-down – Unsociable : MISANTHROPIC
12-down – Continuous : CONSTANT
15-down – Harass, pester : HASSLE
18-down – Daze; astonish : STUN
This crossword has in total 22 where 12 are across and 10 are down.