This crossword No. 17385 clues and answers were published on Sat 24 Jan 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 17385 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Process purging effects of pent-up emotion or repressed thoughts : CATHARSIS
8-across – e.g. Edinburgh’s Tian Tian,formerly : PANDA
9-across – Idle types – footwear : LOAFERS
10-across – Symmetrical securer : REEFKNOT
11-across – You,once : THEE
13-across – Zack Polanski’s party : GREENS
14-across – Block-based digital diversion : TETRIS
16-across – Right-hand man or woman : AIDE
17-across – Fortified place with troops : GARRISON
19-across – ‘Goodbye’ gathering : SENDOFF
20-across – Westernmost Balearic : IBIZA
21-across – Deprived of slumber : SLEEPLESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Losing one’s temper – ‘___ toast,Gromit!’ : CRACKING
2-down – Rendered fat for soap : TALLOW
3-down – Wordplay abbrev. seen in crosswords : ANAG
4-down – Minced meat and mash : SHEPHERDSPIE
5-down – You might acquire these after a wedding : SISTERSINLAW
6-down – Help for seeing Tosca : OPERAGLASSES
7-down – Autonomy : INDEPENDENCE
12-down – Narrowly avoided prang : NEARMISS
15-down – School summer fair staple : RAFFLE
18-down – ___ de théâtre or ___ d’état : COUP
This crossword has in total 22 where 12 are across and 10 are down.