This crossword No. 16502 clues and answers were published on Tue 28 Mar 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16502 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Verb form — I fit in vine : INFINITIVE
7-across – Found in the open seas : OCEANIC
8-across – Quarrel — fight : RUNIN
10-across – Ballet skirt : TUTU
11-across – Old fortress prison in Paris, stormed by the mob on 14 July 1789 : BASTILLE
13-across – Super — evil : WICKED
15-across – Super — magician : WIZARD
17-across – Fanciful : NOTIONAL
18-across – Masticate : CHEW
21-across – Arthur C Clarke’s literary genre : SCIFI
22-across – Jimmy White’s white? : CUEBALL
23-across – Progressive party for card players : WHISTDRIVE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – ie : IDEST
2-down – State of great fear : FUNK
3-down – Cretan : NECTAR
4-down – Skedaddle : TURNTAIL
5-down – Kind of ice cream : VANILLA
6-down – Doze : FORTYWINKS
9-down – Layabout : NEERDOWELL
12-down – Cardiovascular exercises : AEROBICS
14-down – Whiskery swimmer : CATFISH
16-down – Turned — off : RANCID
19-down – Retch : HEAVE
20-down – Star Wars fighter for universal order and justice : JEDI
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.