This crossword No. 16493 clues and answers were published on Fri 17 Mar 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16493 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Non-official opinion : HERESY
4-across – Impassivity : PHLEGM
9-across – Chilling container : COOLBOX
10-across – Meat cut into strips and dried in the sun : JERKY
11-across – Extremist : ULTRA
12-across – Period when the sea is receding : EBBTIDE
13-across – The ‘how to’ : METHODOLOGY
18-across – Swine leather : PIGSKIN
20-across – Modern witchcraft : WICCA
22-across – Enraged : IRATE
23-across – Garment worn by ballet dancers and acrobats : LEOTARD
24-across – Rider’s seat : SADDLE
25-across – Carnal : ANIMAL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Reflex spasm of the diaphragm : HICCUP
2-down – Place where birds regularly settle at night : ROOST
3-down – Sunday : SABBATH
5-down – Headscarf worn by Muslim women : HIJAB
6-down – Angrier : EARRING
7-down – Chaos : MAYHEM
8-down – Very much : EXCEEDINGLY
14-down – Albion : ENGLAND
15-down – Contemptible : LOWDOWN
16-down – Study of the behaviour of light : OPTICS
17-down – Casual shoe : SANDAL
19-down – Bend the knee : KNEEL
21-down – State to be true : CLAIM
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.