This crossword No. 16492 clues and answers were published on Thu 16 Mar 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16492 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Factional split : SCHISM
4-across – Picasso’s first name : PABLO
7-across – Containing iron : FERRIC
8-across – Reload : ORDEAL
9-across – Fruit made into wine, gin, jam and jelly : SLOE
10-across – Make more daring : EMBOLDEN
12-across – Total disaster : CATASTROPHE
17-across – Administrative capital of South Africa : PRETORIA
19-across – Keyboarding error : TYPO
20-across – Nonsense : DRIVEL
21-across – Total body of an author’s work : OEUVRE
22-across – No dye : DOYEN
23-across – Cup : BEAKER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Resin used to make varnish : SHELLAC
2-down – Yield from crops : HARVEST
3-down – Heir : SUCCESSOR
4-down – City in north-west Portugal, noted for wine : PORTO
5-down – Scope : BREADTH
6-down – Kind of rectangle : OBLONG
11-down – Gondoliers’ song : BARCAROLE
13-down – Service — convenience : AMENITY
14-down – Allocation by chance : POTLUCK
15-down – Large highly coloured butterfly : EMPEROR
16-down – Dug up with a shovel : SPADED
18-down – Body of water : OCEAN
This crossword has in total 25 where 13 are across and 12 are down.