This crossword No. 16101 clues and answers were published on Tue 14 Dec 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16101 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Brain case : CRANIUM
8-across – Make aware : APPRISE
9-across – Poker-faced : DEADPAN
10-across – Three-pronged spear : TRIDENT
11-across – Items of jewellery : RINGS
13-across – Sailors’ song : SEASHANTY
15-across – Set up : ESTABLISH
18-across – Praise — honour : EXALT
21-across – Two successive lines of verse : COUPLET
22-across – Lacking professional expertise : AMATEUR
23-across – One who doubts accepted opinions : SCEPTIC
24-across – Train a gun : TAKEAIM
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Alcoholic drink : CIDER
2-down – From the top! : AGAIN
3-down – This can’t be! : IMPOSSIBILITY
4-down – Utterance often repeated : MANTRA
5-down – Getting out of bed very early : UPWITHTHELARK
6-down – Yield : GIVEIN
7-down – Soldier on watch : SENTRY
12-down – Mid-month date in ancient Rome : IDES
14-down – What a dog may wag : TAIL
15-down – Intemperance : EXCESS
16-down – Hairpiece to cover baldness : TOUPEE
17-down – Undamaged : INTACT
19-down – Place where contests and spectacles are held : ARENA
20-down – Sound the strings of a guitar, say : THRUM
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.