This crossword No. 16486 clues and answers were published on Thu 09 Mar 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16486 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Do business : DEAL
3-across – Shadow : PENUMBRA
9-across – Doubter : SCEPTIC
10-across – Mournful song : DIRGE
11-across – Employment : USAGE
12-across – Member of the Anglican clergy : CURATE
14-across – Eviscerated : DISEMBOWELLED
17-across – Unhealthy atmosphere : MIASMA
19-across – Country joining the European Union in 2004 : MALTA
22-across – Revoke : ANNUL
23-across – Roman coins : DENARII
24-across – Occurring every two years : BIENNIAL
25-across – Tool used for cutting and shaping large pieces of wood : ADZE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Deter : DISSUADE
2-down – The O2, say : ARENA
4-down – Reference work : ENCYCLOPAEDIA
5-down – Milk source : UDDER
6-down – Pre-1982 UK youth detention centre : BORSTAL
7-down – Assist wrongdoing : ABET
8-down – Current : STREAM
13-down – View through rose-tinted spectacles — see Iliad : IDEALISE
15-down – Metallurgy or tectonics, say : SCIENCE
16-down – ___ Hillary : EDMUND
18-down – Beauty parlour : SALON
20-down – Graphic and sensational : LURID
21-down – Cutting remark : BARB
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.