This crossword No. 16439 clues and answers were published on Fri 13 Jan 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16439 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Hold out : RESIST
4-across – Italian after-dinner drink made from the residue of wine-making : GRAPPA
9-across – Swings and roundabouts etc? : FUNFAIR
10-across – Vitriol : VENOM
11-across – Clean by rubbing hard : SCRUB
12-across – North Star : POLARIS
13-across – Charades, for example : PARLOURGAME
18-across – Unidentified object : WHATNOT
20-across – Gentle reminder : NUDGE
22-across – Recorded film : VIDEO
23-across – I’m unable to assist : NOCANDO
24-across – Soldier in a cavalry regiment : LANCER
25-across – Small oceanic seabird, comes ashore only to breed : PETREL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Say ‘no’ : REFUSE
2-down – Echo-location : SONAR
3-down – Pasta and meat dish : SPAGBOL
5-down – French impressionist composer, d. 1937 : RAVEL
6-down – ‘The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’, for example : PANGRAM
7-down – Virtually : ALMOST
8-down – Spraying fertiliser from a plane : CROPDUSTING
14-down – Lamp-rubbing boy who thus summons a genie : ALADDIN
15-down – Chocolate and cream filling — a change : GANACHE
16-down – Pivot : SWIVEL
17-down – Pull back : RECOIL
19-down – Loop with running knot : NOOSE
21-down – A giving kind of person : DONOR
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.