This crossword No. 1539 clues and answers were published on Sun 06 Apr 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 1539 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Payment to secure goods : DEPOSIT
8-across – Make a fuss : AGITATE
9-across – Cause continual trouble to : BEDEVIL
10-across – Bacterium : MICROBE
11-across – Gather : GLEAN
13-across – Tsunami : TIDALWAVE
15-across – Mountainous region of north-east China : MANCHURIA
18-across – Aristocrat : NOBLE
21-across – Belittle : DETRACT
22-across – : TROOPER
23-across – Funeral procession : CORTEGE
24-across – Remains : RESIDUE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Remove errors from computer : DEBUG
2-down – Priest or chaplain : PADRE
3-down – Extreme joy : SEVENTHHEAVEN
4-down – Source of Jewish civil and ceremonial law : TALMUD
5-down – Variegated : MISCELLANEOUS
6-down – Hindu or Buddhist temple : PAGODA
7-down – Withdraw formally from a federation : SECEDE
12-down – Materiel issued from a volcano etc. : LAVA
14-down – The meat of a young calf : VEAL
15-down – Doctor : MEDICO
16-down – Essential characteristics : NATURE
17-down – : ROTTER
19-down – Creature walking on two legs : BIPED
20-down – Strange,weird : EERIE
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.