This crossword No. 16503 clues and answers were published on Wed 29 Mar 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16503 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Enmity : BADBLOOD
5-across – Musical notation written on a stave to indicate pitch of the following notes : CLEF
9-across – Meeting of witches : COVEN
10-across – Conscript : DRAFTEE
11-across – Soft news — fit man in tone : INFOTAINMENT
13-across – With hands on hips, elbows out : AKIMBO
14-across – Large vessel with handle and spout for pouring drink : FLAGON
17-across – Line of latitude marking the point where, on the winter solstice, the sun will not rise above the horizon : ARCTICCIRCLE
20-across – Pipe for firing poison darts, say : BLOWGUN
21-across – Baby wise bird? : OWLET
22-across – Tudor flower? : ROSE
23-across – Tempest with frozen rain : ICESTORM
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Brandenburg concertos composer : BACH
2-down – Leonardo ___ : DAVINCI
3-down – Structure on the River Thames : LONDONBRIDGE
4-down – Trying experience : ORDEAL
6-down – Rotating tool for shaping metal or wood : LATHE
7-down – Brief : FLEETING
8-down – Filled with excessive vanity : VAINGLORIOUS
12-down – Where to find bowls filled with lettuce, tomatoes etc : SALADBAR
15-down – Robotic space probe launched in 1986 to explore Jupiter and its moons : GALILEO
16-down – Widely admired as being an outstanding example : ICONIC
18-down – Traverse : CROSS
19-down – Stalk : STEM
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.