This crossword No. 16621 clues and answers were published on Mon 14 Aug 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16621 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Become teetotal : TAKETHEPLEDGE
8-across – Response of the bride and groom : IDO
9-across – Sleeve fasteners : CUFFLINKS
10-across – Cornish port on the south coast : FALMOUTH
11-across – Turner or Weymouth? : TINA
13-across – Food for livestock : FODDER
14-across – A strong resentment : GRUDGE
16-across – Colourless — depressing : GREY
17-across – Mocking : SARDONIC
20-across – Make easy to break — IBM letter : EMBRITTLE
21-across – Ball held by sovereign? : ORB
22-across – Source of frontline medical treatment? : FIELDHOSPITAL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Cockney tea leaf? : THIEF
2-down – Well-informed : KNOWLEDGEABLE
3-down – Keep going : TICKOVER
4-down – Feeble — degenerate : EFFETE
5-down – Pause during which things are calm : LULL
6-down – Scottish terrier named after a character in Walter Scott’s novel, Guy Mannering — I’d nod in tandem : DANDIEDINMONT
7-down – Catch in a trap : ENSNARE
12-down – Mention something unpleasant from the past : DREDGEUP
13-down – It may conceal something shameful : FIGLEAF
15-down – Cuban socialist leader, d. 2016 : CASTRO
18-down – Intriguing politicians, say : CABAL
19-down – Well-meaning : KIND
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.