This crossword No. 16394 clues and answers were published on Tue 22 Nov 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16394 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Physical evidence of excitement or fear : GOOSEBUMPS
7-across – Senior citizen : OLDSTER
8-across – Loud metallic sound : CLANG
10-across – Spanish romantic painter of The Third of May 1808 : GOYA
11-across – Dodgy : SPURIOUS
13-across – Erase : RUBOUT
15-across – Mend : REPAIR
17-across – Aesop’s winner of a race with a hare : TORTOISE
18-across – Bird that can be mute? : SWAN
21-across – Restoration and/or repair of machinery, equipment etc : REFIT
22-across – Word consisting of initial letters : ACRONYM
23-across – Tortilla filled with cheese and heated : QUESADILLA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Light-headed : GIDDY
2-down – ___ von Bismarck, 19th-century German statesman : OTTO
3-down – Captivated : ENRAPT
4-down – : UNCORKED
5-down – Mechanically operated musical instrument — on a pail : PIANOLA
6-down – One who pens numbers : SONGWRITER
9-down – Food lover : GASTRONOME
12-down – Flared women’s trousers : CULOTTES
14-down – Highly infectious avian virus : BIRDFLU
16-down – ‘No Man is an ___ ’ : ISLAND
19-down – British legal tender : WONGA
20-down – : ORAL
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.