This crossword No. 16491 clues and answers were published on Wed 15 Mar 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16491 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Idle fantasising : WOOLGATHERING
8-across – Free from ice : DEFROST
9-across – Hooked claw : TALON
10-across – Stop! : WHOA
11-across – Resent : BEGRUDGE
13-across – Happening in a covered area : INDOOR
14-across – Spaniard who in 1513 became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific : BALBOA
17-across – Fellow crew member : SHIPMATE
19-across – Benito Mussolini : DUCE
21-across – Old measure of length : CUBIT
22-across – Detailed guide to determining a course of action — pro-Adam : ROADMAP
24-across – State so unreasonable as to invite derision : LUDICROUSNESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Married : WED
2-down – Transfer computer data to a peripheral device : OFFLOAD
3-down – Shine : GLOW
4-down – Walk unsteadily : TOTTER
5-down – On the outside : EXTERNAL
6-down – Did very little : IDLED
7-down – Fizzy non-alcoholic drink : GINGERALE
10-down – Marked by flights of fancy : WHIMSICAL
12-down – Purely aesthetic : COSMETIC
15-down – Native of Birmingham : BRUMMIE
16-down – Kind of sound produced by using two or more audio channels : STEREO
18-down – Not up : INBED
20-down – Watering holes? : BARS
23-down – Fluid caused by inflammation : PUS
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.