This crossword No. 16260 clues and answers were published on Sat 18 Jun 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16260 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – LSD, say : HALLUCINOGEN
9-across – Exhorted earnestly : URGED
10-across – Fell — drop : CUTDOWN
11-across – Endure : LAST
12-across – In a deft manner : ADROITLY
14-across – Weak : FEEBLE
15-across – Japanese battle cry : BANZAI
18-across – Spend wastefully : SQUANDER
20-across – Forty-five minutes of football : HALF
22-across – Aromatic culinary herb : OREGANO
23-across – Extra-marital affair : AMOUR
24-across – Ancient woodland area in Essex and Greater London — free stopping : EPPINGFOREST
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Renoir or Rodin? : AUGUSTE
3-down – Young men : LADS
4-down – Insect with drum-like organs that produce a high-pitched drone : CICADA
5-down – Countrywide : NATIONAL
6-down – Old English silver coin worth four pennies : GROAT
7-down – Author of Love in a Cold Climate : NANCYMITFORD
8-down – Gain an advantage by trickery : PULLAFASTONE
13-down – Garden weed — anti-plan : PLANTAIN
16-down – Fervent : ZEALOUS
17-down – Alight — be acquitted — go to sleep : GETOFF
19-down – Exhaust : USEUP
21-down – Two of a kind : PAIR
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.