This crossword No. 14395 clues and answers were published on Tue 28 Jun 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 14395 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Roguish : PICARESQUE
7-across – Art of public speaking : ORATORY
8-across – Storage place : DEPOT
10-across – Fish — medieval weapon : PIKE
11-across – Fish — seem Arab : SEABREAM
13-across – Hero of Trafalgar Square : NELSON
15-across – Australian fool — Gordon : DRONGO
17-across – Turkey’s largest city : ISTANBUL
18-across – Opaque mineral used a gemstone : OPAL
21-across – Recurring design : MOTIF
22-across – Pickled cucumber : GHERKIN
23-across – Sweet made with sugar and desiccated palm fruit : COCONUTICE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Proverbially thick piece of wood : PLANK
2-down – Proverbially bald aquatic bird : COOT
3-down – Pieces of poetry : RHYMES
4-down – Facial hair : SIDEBURN
5-down – Many, many : UMPTEEN
6-down – Digest — anthology : COMPENDIUM
9-down – Long iced drink of gin, lemon juice and soda water : TOMCOLLINS
12-down – This way and that : TOANDFRO
14-down – Hit song from Disney’s 2013 animated feature film Frozen : LETITGO
16-down – Chinese martial art : KUNGFU
19-down – Superior grade of black tea : PEKOE
20-down – Mythical Himalayan beast : YETI
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.