This crossword No. 16011 clues and answers were published on Tue 31 Aug 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16011 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – 24 cutter : SCALPEL
8-across – Harmful look? : EVILEYE
9-across – Labour standard? : REDFLAG
10-across – Enlarge : AUGMENT
11-across – In progress : AFOOT
13-across – Student of animal life : ZOOLOGIST
15-across – Small boiled sweet : SUGARPLUM
18-across – Saying widely assumed to be true : AXIOM
21-across – Continue for too long : OVERRUN
22-across – Pistol, say : SIDEARM
23-across – Rain lightly : DRIZZLE
24-across – Where doctors see their patients : SURGERY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Bashar al-Assad’s country : SYRIA
2-down – Sound part of a transmitted signal : AUDIO
3-down – Annual award for journalism, literature, musical composition and public service, established 1917 : PULITZERPRIZE
4-down – : LEGATO
5-down – RAF officer : WINGCOMMANDER
6-down – From Saudi Arabia’s southern neighbour? : YEMENI
7-down – Musical composition for seven performers : SEPTET
12-down – German woman : FRAU
14-down – Grain tower : SILO
15-down – Unethical — dishonest : SHODDY
16-down – A Celtic language : GAELIC
17-down – Transparent optical devices : LENSES
19-down – Spitting blood : IRATE
20-down – Ancient Egyptian kept under wraps : MUMMY
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.