This crossword No. 16496 clues and answers were published on Tue 21 Mar 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16496 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Slanted : SKEWWHIFF
8-across – Soothsayer : SEER
9-across – In confidence : PRIVATELY
10-across – Make up a : SPIN
13-across – Intense : VIVID
15-across – Derivation : ORIGIN
16-across – Coup d’état : PUTSCH
17-across – Severe reprimand : ROCKET
19-across – City on Lac Léman, headquarters of the Red Cross : GENEVA
20-across – Weapon with a blade : SWORD
21-across – Walk out : QUIT
24-across – Post receptacle : LETTERBOX
25-across – Leave the stage : EXIT
26-across – Bootlicker : SYCOPHANT
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Stone between pavement and road : KERB
3-down – Hand signal : WAVE
4-down – It secures a woman’s headgear : HATPIN
5-down – Shot in the arm : FILLIP
6-down – One dealing with boring paperwork : PENPUSHER
7-down – Affecting the windpipe : BRONCHIAL
11-down – Familiar moniker — quiet orbs : SOBRIQUET
12-down – Mark over, under or through a letter : DIACRITIC
13-down – Emotional feelings experienced instinctively : VIBES
14-down – Fooled : DUPED
18-down – Like well-off people in the countryside with an interest in horses, dogs etc? : TWEEDY
19-down – Got rot : GROTTO
22-down – Patronising — impish : ARCH
23-down – Natural satellite of a planet : MOON
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.