This crossword No. 16217 clues and answers were published on Fri 29 Apr 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16217 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Winning all four major tennis championships in the same calendar year : GRANDSLAM
8-across – Former PM : BLAIR
9-across – Irish river — girl’s name : SHANNON
10-across – Similarity — portrait : LIKENESS
11-across – Speech defect : LISP
13-across – Mouth organ? : TONGUE
14-across – Vocalist : SINGER
16-across – Oxfordshire : OXON
17-across – Italian bread : CIABATTA
19-across – Slanting letters : ITALICS
20-across – Spurious : BOGUS
21-across – Wading bird — no nutters : TURNSTONE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Popular pot plant : GERANIUM
2-down – Aid : ASSIST
3-down – Twofold : DUAL
4-down – Platform for disembarking : LANDINGSTAGE
5-down – District of Paris on the left bank : MONTPARNASSE
6-down – Anti-slavery campaigner : ABOLITIONIST
7-down – Highly elated : WALKINGONAIR
12-down – African country : ZIMBABWE
15-down – Debacle : FIASCO
18-down – Bad shot : MISS
This crossword has in total 22 where 12 are across and 10 are down.