This crossword No. 16296 clues and answers were published on Sat 30 Jul 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16296 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – A later addition : AFTERTHOUGHT
9-across – Nine to five? : HOURS
10-across – Medically clean : ASEPTIC
11-across – Disturbance : TODO
12-across – ____ Building, a triangular 22-storey, steel-framed structure on New York’s Fifth Avenue : FLATIRON
14-across – In a strange way : EERILY
15-across – Like Hamlet or Othello? : TRAGIC
18-across – Nine- to 12-year-olds : PRETEENS
20-across – Young horse : FOAL
22-across – In progress : ONGOING
23-across – Not censored : UNCUT
24-across – A sinful pride : FREUDIANSLIP
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Sink — creator : FOUNDER
3-down – Lioness written about by Joy Adamson in Born Free : ELSA
4-down – Paths through wild or hilly country : TRAILS
5-down – Tentative approach : OVERTURE
6-down – Large amphibious reptile : GATOR
7-down – Specific detail in a set of rules — city chatline : TECHNICALITY
8-down – Designed not to break : SHATTERPROOF
13-down – North American songbird : BLUEBIRD
16-down – Italian dumplings : GNOCCHI
17-down – Conundrum : ENIGMA
19-down – Score of two strokes under par for a golf hole : EAGLE
21-down – Swear : CUSS
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.