This crossword No. 16488 clues and answers were published on Sat 11 Mar 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16488 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Bogota : TOBAGO
4-across – As are all the members of ABBA : SWEDES
8-across – Arboreal African snake with a fatal bite : MAMBA
9-across – Nervous : JITTERY
10-across – School clothing? : UNIFORM
11-across – Beneath : UNDER
12-across – Great pre-19th century European painter : OLDMASTER
17-across – Message received and understood! : ROGER
19-across – Israeli communal settlement : KIBBUTZ
21-across – Mythical sea creature : MERMAID
22-across – Strip of pleated material used as a trim : FRILL
23-across – Forty winks : SIESTA
24-across – Part of a poem : STANZA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Abnormal tissue growth : TUMOUR
2-down – Italian toddler : BAMBINO
3-down – Seabird and bat excrement once widely used as a fertiliser : GUANO
5-down – Diver’s outfit : WETSUIT
6-down – Causing terror : DREAD
7-down – English detective-story writer, d. 1957 : SAYERS
9-down – Crammed : JAMPACKED
13-down – Currently inactive : DORMANT
14-down – French Indian Ocean department : REUNION
15-down – Crikey! : CRUMBS
16-down – Type of rhododendron grown for its showy flowers of different colours : AZALEA
18-down – Ravine : GORGE
20-down – Suit : BEFIT
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.