This crossword No. 16096 clues and answers were published on Wed 08 Dec 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16096 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Plump : CHUBBY
4-across – Flash jewellery : BLING
7-across – Students grouped according to ability : STREAM
8-across – Sister’s headgear : WIMPLE
9-across – O Brother, Where Art ___ ? : THOU
10-across – Has an inkling : SUSPECTS
12-across – Noisy and disruptive ghost : POLTERGEIST
17-across – Person fluent in many languages : POLYGLOT
19-across – Get rid of — tip : DUMP
20-across – Requiring action quickly : URGENT
21-across – Immoral — obscene : IMPURE
22-across – Duck much valued for the female’s down feathers : EIDER
23-across – Fatal : LETHAL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Tackle a backlog : CATCHUP
2-down – Ill-matched : UNEQUAL
3-down – Shattering revelation : BOMBSHELL
4-down – Colonel ___ , David Low’s pompous army officer cartoon character : BLIMP
5-down – Effects : IMPACTS
6-down – Like a fry-up? : GREASY
11-down – View from a theatre seat, say : SIGHTLINE
13-down – Bound : OBLIGED
14-down – Comprehensive — detailed : INDEPTH
15-down – Cart for taking prisoners to the guillotine : TUMBREL
16-down – Dapper : SPRUCE
18-down – Someone on the way out ? : GONER
This crossword has in total 25 where 13 are across and 12 are down.