This crossword No. 17189 clues and answers were published on Mon 09 Jun 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 17189 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – One aims to be upwardly mobile : SOCIALCLIMBER
8-across – Halfway – house : SEMI
9-across – One’s sent here,then ignored : COVENTRY
10-across – Edgy writing? : MARGINALIA
12-across – IT guru : TECHIE
14-across – British novelist Ian ___,born 1948 : MCEWAN
15-across – Original idea : BRAINCHILD
19-across – Russian alphabet : CYRILLIC
20-across – Big help : BOON
21-across – Residential development – no taste,is huge : HOUSINGESTATE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Did some theatre work? : OPERATED
3-down – Cake embellishment : ICING
4-down – Official permission : LICENCE
5-down – Pegging or crossing? : LEVEL
6-down – Film shots edited into a sequence : MONTAGE
7-down – Listeners : EARS
11-down – Man’s wedding dress : TAILCOAT
13-down – Spare-time activities : HOBBIES
14-down – Lord Peter Wimsey saw through one : MONOCLE
16-down – Exhausted : ALLIN
17-down – Pattern of behaviour : HABIT
18-down – Printing error : TYPO
This crossword has in total 22 where 10 are across and 12 are down.