This crossword No. 16438 clues and answers were published on Thu 12 Jan 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16438 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Puzzle : BEMUSE
4-across – Important — ex-PM : MAJOR
7-across – Picture house : CINEMA
8-across – Reports of the work of a society or learned body : ANNALS
9-across – Highlander, say : SCOT
10-across – Valuable rock for cutting and polishing : GEMSTONE
12-across – Impassive : EMOTIONLESS
17-across – Announce : PROCLAIM
19-across – Small gentle animal : PONY
20-across – Flower — Bertie Wooster’s aunt : DAHLIA
21-across – Lacking any breadth of view : NARROW
22-across – Tall and thin : RANGY
23-across – French head of state following François Hollande : MACRON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – French bread : BRIOCHE
2-down – Artist of consummate skill : MAESTRO
3-down – James Hilton’s mythical paradise : SHANGRILA
4-down – Mathematical operation : MINUS
5-down – Desiring what others have : JEALOUS
6-down – Brown with a red tinge : RUSSET
11-down – Single obsession : MONOMANIA
13-down – Medium-sized water bird without webbed feet : MOORHEN
14-down – Beethoven piano concerto, Op. 73 : EMPEROR
15-down – Period at the end of the day : SUNDOWN
16-down – An arachnid : SPIDER
18-down – Conceited — flashy — aggressive : LAIRY
This crossword has in total 25 where 13 are across and 12 are down.