This crossword No. 16114 clues and answers were published on Thu 30 Dec 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16114 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Shiny metal : CHROME
4-across – Tam o’ Shanter poet : BURNS
7-across – Heaps : STACKS
8-across – Combined : UNITED
9-across – Betray : SHOP
10-across – In the dark : IGNORANT
12-across – Traditional pantomime — No. 1 bus stops : PUSSINBOOTS
17-across – Demeaning : INFRADIG
19-across – Hard labour : TOIL
20-across – Crushed to powder : GROUND
21-across – Not subject to taxation : EXEMPT
22-across – Kind of poem ‘written in a country churchyard’ by Thomas Gray : ELEGY
23-across – Plane without an engine : GLIDER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Deal with a backlog : CATCHUP
2-down – Cookery book contents : RECIPES
3-down – Bewildered : MYSTIFIED
4-down – Voila! : BINGO
5-down – Take : RETRACT
6-down – Tranquilise : SEDATE
11-down – Of little consequence : NOBIGDEAL
13-down – Thawed out : UNFROZE
14-down – Very fashionable : ONTREND
15-down – Sea captain : SKIPPER
16-down – It’s hit for one run : SINGLE
18-down – Vex : ANNOY
This crossword has in total 25 where 13 are across and 12 are down.