This crossword No. 16027 clues and answers were published on Sat 18 Sep 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16027 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Recordings of popular songs : COVERVERSIONS
8-across – It goes with chicken : EGG
9-across – One engaged in mortal combat as entertainment in ancient Rome : GLADIATOR
10-across – Driving hazard : POTHOLES
11-across – Anglo-Saxon king : OFFA
13-across – ___ Gray, young man pictured in Oscar Wilde’s 1890 novella : DORIAN
14-across – Fungal wood decay : WETROT
16-across – Rise rapidly : SOAR
17-across – Put forward : ADVANCED
20-across – State of something subjected to very high temperatures : WHITEHEAT
21-across – Category 4 Atlantic hurricane that hit Cuba and the US in August/September : IDA
22-across – Irish author of Waiting for Godot : SAMUELBECKETT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Not costly : CHEAP
2-down – Diet adopted by Leo Tolstoy and George Bernard Shaw : VEGETARIANISM
3-down – To do with a particular part of the country : REGIONAL
4-down – Part of a tooth : ENAMEL
5-down – Read quickly : SKIM
6-down – Rusty — picture of a cot : OUTOFPRACTICE
7-down – Retainer : SERVANT
12-down – Relating to the meaning of words : SEMANTIC
13-down – Repudiates : DISOWNS
15-down – It describes how something is done : ADVERB
18-down – Rough initial version of a written work : DRAFT
19-down – Small, long-haired dog : PEKE
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.