This crossword No. 16015 clues and answers were published on Sat 04 Sep 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16015 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Expressing disapproval : PEJORATIVE
7-across – Greek form of mandolin : BOUZOUKI
8-across – You — 1,000 : THOU
9-across – Rounded projection, part of a larger structure : LOBE
10-across – Georgia’s capital : TBILISI
12-across – Failure to work : MALFUNCTION
14-across – Founder member of the European Economic Community : BELGIUM
16-across – Brief falling out : SPAT
19-across – Hole : SLOT
20-across – Smear — slander : BESMIRCH
21-across – Dawn : BREAKOFDAY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Loiter with no apparent aim : PROWL
2-down – Shameless scheming woman : JEZEBEL
3-down – Debauched elderly man : ROUE
4-down – Long traffic queue : TAILBACK
5-down – Absolutely essential : VITAL
6-down – US icon : COUSIN
11-down – Residential district on a city’s outskirts : SUBURBIA
12-down – Breakfast food, originally developed by a Swiss doctor for his patients : MUESLI
13-down – Tacit : IMPLIED
15-down – Amphibious reptile : GATOR
17-down – Cheap and nasty : TACKY
18-down – European capital : OSLO
This crossword has in total 23 where 11 are across and 12 are down.