This crossword No. 16297 clues and answers were published on Mon 01 Aug 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16297 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Unaffectedly modest : UNPRETENTIOUS
8-across – Affectedly modest : COY
9-across – Not right : INCORRECT
10-across – Eurasian caribou : REINDEER
11-across – Takes drugs : USES
13-across – Right of admission : ENTREE
14-across – Minion : FLUNKY
16-across – Nicolas ___ , English film director who made Don’t Look Now and Performance, d. 2018 : ROEG
17-across – Salad accompaniment : DRESSING
20-across – Complete agreement within a group : UNANIMITY
21-across – Electrically charged particle : ION
22-across – Alien transport? : FLYINGSAUCERS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Open sore on an external or internal part of the body : ULCER
2-down – Treatment using massage and exercises, rather than drugs and surgery : PHYSIOTHERAPY
3-down – Wrong’un — red olive : EVILDOER
4-down – Avoid : ESCHEW
5-down – Novice : TYRO
6-down – Easily offended : OVERSENSITIVE
7-down – Meet : SATISFY
12-down – Response to a sneeze : BLESSYOU
13-down – Winter warmer, one of a pair : EARMUFF
15-down – Intelligence : BRAINS
18-down – Group of animals or plants with shared characteristics : GENUS
19-down – MGM mascot : LION
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.