This crossword No. 16390 clues and answers were published on Thu 17 Nov 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16390 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Hugely successful film : BLOCKBUSTER
9-across – Respond more emotionally than is justified : OVERREACT
10-across – Standard score for a round of golf : PAR
11-across – Flamboyance : ECLAT
13-across – Admit : CONCEDE
14-across – Never again : NOMORE
15-across – Landowner : SQUIRE
18-across – Sicilian dessert wine : MARSALA
20-across – Unachievable perfection? : IDEAL
21-across – Bro’s sibling : SIS
22-across – Mutually beneficial : SYMBIOTIC
24-across – Two Hollywood film stars from 1940 : TOMANDJERRY
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Last overall commander of the American Confederate States army : LEE
3-down – Custodian of eg a museum collection : CURATOR
4-down – Division coming from the main stem : BRANCH
5-down – Devil : SATAN
6-down – Obscenity : EXPLETIVE
7-down – Nigella — neo-vitalism : LOVEINAMIST
8-down – Brick made of cinders, sand and cement : BREEZEBLOCK
12-down – Light sparkling Italian red wine : LAMBRUSCO
16-down – Bitter alkaloid used in tonic water : QUININE
17-down – Stuck : JAMMED
19-down – Perplexed : ATSEA
23-down – Seaman : TAR
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.