This crossword No. 16311 clues and answers were published on Wed 17 Aug 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16311 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Secondary consequence : KNOCKONEFFECT
8-across – Small fry : TIDDLER
9-across – Make less severe : RELAX
10-across – Wander without a fixed destination : ROAM
11-across – Shabby — much read : DOGEARED
13-across – Where Marie Curie was born : POLAND
14-across – Tommy or Alice? : COOPER
17-across – Bogus medication : SNAKEOIL
19-across – Broadway accolade : TONY
21-across – Banishment : EXILE
22-across – Mobster : HOODLUM
24-across – Fogeyish — Kentish dictum : STICKINTHEMUD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Sports gear : KIT
2-down – Eccentric : ODDBALL
3-down – Coarse curly-leafed cabbage : KALE
4-down – Get thinner : NARROW
5-down – Frill — flounce : FURBELOW
6-down – Hugely influential Swiss mathematician, d. 1783 : EULER
7-down – It makes dead animals look lifelike — timed x-ray : TAXIDERMY
10-down – Take : REPOSSESS
12-down – Reflex reaction : KNEEJERK
15-down – Issue : PROBLEM
16-down – Plant-like organism which thrives on rocks, walls and trees : LICHEN
18-down – It puts one in the clear : ALIBI
20-down – Tease one another : JOSH
23-down – Old rocker’s rival : MOD
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.