This crossword No. 16630 clues and answers were published on Thu 24 Aug 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16630 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Flat and uninspiring : TAME
3-across – Cool salad vegetable : CUCUMBER
9-across – Fist fight : PUNCHUP
10-across – Trade name : BRAND
11-across – Pass over — X : CROSS
12-across – Yellow bodily secretion : EARWAX
14-across – Breakaway faction : SPLINTERGROUP
17-across – Wrap — the saw : SWATHE
19-across – You can pick it up and run with it! : BATON
22-across – And/or : ADORN
23-across – Unimportant : TRIVIAL
24-across – Parasol : SUNSHADE
25-across – Director of Lawrence of Arabia, d. 1991 : LEAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Repeatedly seen in the same kind of role : TYPECAST
2-down – A mountain in Scotland of over 3,000 feet : MUNRO
4-down – Ground-breaking : UNPRECEDENTED
5-down – Colour between medium and dark brown : UMBER
6-down – Show of boldness intended to impress : BRAVADO
7-down – England’s oldest drama school, established 1904 : RADA
8-down – Picked out : CHOSEN
13-down – Without dividing walls : OPENPLAN
15-down – Of humble social origins? : LOWBORN
16-down – ___ Market, Christina Rossetti’s narrative poem, published 1862 : GOBLIN
18-down – Freshwater game fish of the carp family : TENCH
20-down – Spin or twist together : TWINE
21-down – Drains — exhausts : SAPS
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.