This crossword No. 16104 clues and answers were published on Fri 17 Dec 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16104 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Where Chaucer’s Wife was coming from : BATH
3-across – Type of sugar : FRUCTOSE
8-across – Fish similar to cod : HAKE
9-across – Seen briefly : GLIMPSED
11-across – To do with trade and/or traders : MERCANTILE
14-across – Russian carriage drawn by three horses abreast : TROIKA
15-across – Insightfulness : ACUMEN
17-across – Lavish : UNSTINTING
20-across – : NOHOPERS
21-across – Colliery : MINE
22-across – Stirred about violently : THRASHED
23-across – A ‘deadly sin’ : ENVY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Monster — huge thing : BEHEMOTH
2-down – Become established : TAKEROOT
4-down – Tell : RELATE
5-down – Smug : COMPLACENT
6-down – River flowing through York : OUSE
7-down – Swirl — she founded Christian Science : EDDY
10-down – Impudent whippersnapper : JACKANAPES
12-down – Drive to succeed : AMBITION
13-down – A small secluded room — eg NY rugs : SNUGGERY
16-down – Deprive of food : STARVE
18-down – Small biting fly : GNAT
19-down – : CHAR
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.