This crossword No. 17165 clues and answers were published on Mon 12 May 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 17165 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Burst – éclat – publicise : SPLASH
4-across – Pétanque : BOULES
9-across – Imperial measure of eg a paddock : ACREAGE
10-across – Underwater acronym : SCUBA
11-across – Make joyous : ELATE
12-across – Writer awarded ‘best of all Bookers’ : RUSHDIE
13-across – Augment with a scarf and brooch,perhaps : ACCESSORISE
18-across – Not sedimentary and not metamorphic : IGNEOUS
20-across – Inventor claimed by both Croatia and Serbia : TESLA
22-across – Hawaiian ‘hello’ : ALOHA
23-across – Red Sea nation : ERITREA
24-across – Like some wire and comments : BARBED
25-across – Touch with tenderness : CARESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Like 007’s cocktail : SHAKEN
2-down – Pre-metamorphic creature : LARVA
3-down – Not acute,not right and not obtuse : SCALENE
5-down – Rockers supposedly to reunite for a tour in July 2025 : OASIS
6-down – Town associated with the sainted Bernadette : LOURDES
7-down – Container for salt or cocktails : SHAKER
8-down – Writer’s side : WEIRDSISTER
14-down – Map marking for eg a hill : CONTOUR
15-down – Nastier : RETSINA
16-down – <span>NaHCO</span><sub>3</sub><span>,as it’s known in the kitchen</span> : BICARB
17-down – Cross-Channel destination for some : CALAIS
19-down – Like Humpty Dumpty : OVATE
21-down – Slope’s small stones : SCREE
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.