This crossword No. 16365 clues and answers were published on Wed 19 Oct 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16365 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Books on wheels? : MOBILELIBRARY
8-across – Groom’s sidekick : BESTMAN
9-across – One looking after the needs of others : CARER
10-across – French bread : PAIN
11-across – Airborne weapons : MISSILES
13-across – Be a success : PANOUT
14-across – One from Kathmandu : NEPALI
17-across – Poetry : DOGGEREL
19-across – Heavy tool with a wooden handle and a curved iron head, pointed at both ends : PICK
21-across – Duck : ELUDE
22-across – Way of writing overseas : AIRMAIL
24-across – Bovine spongiform encephalopathy : MADCOWDISEASE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Criminal organisation : MOB
2-down – Citadel : BASTION
3-down – Light source : LAMP
4-down – Dahl ingredient : LENTIL
5-down – Free of charge : BUCKSHEE
6-down – ___ Come She Will, 1965 Paul Simon song : APRIL
7-down – Measure used for comparison : YARDSTICK
10-down – Wishful thinking : PIPEDREAM
12-down – Self-critical conscience — eg poseur : SUPEREGO
15-down – Hero whose magic words ‘Open Sesame’ found the way into the forty thieves’ cave : ALIBABA
16-down – Exact : DEMAND
18-down – Stuck together : GLUED
20-down – Arguments in favour : PROS
23-down – Assume a horizontal position : LIE
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.