This crossword No. 16505 clues and answers were published on Fri 31 Mar 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16505 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Weather : COLDFRONT
8-across – Countryside : RURAL
9-across – Do nothing with one’s thumbs? : TWIDDLE
10-across – The UK today? : MONARCHY
11-across – Jumbled mess : HASH
13-across – Has a fit of the vapours? : SWOONS
14-across – Sponsor : PATRON
16-across – Japan’s national legislature : DIET
17-across – Pooch fan : DOGLOVER
19-across – Plants that complete their life cycles within the space of a year : ANNUALS
20-across – Engender : SPAWN
21-across – Corruption : DECADENCE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Gas, Cl : CHLORINE
2-down – Chinese fruit with a thin rough skin and sweet white flesh : LITCHI
3-down – Light fencing sword : FOIL
4-down – As alumni of the same school, a CV link shared by Churchill and Nehru : OLDHARROVIAN
5-down – Baby’s dummy : TEETHINGRING
6-down – Place of complete bliss and peace? : PROMISEDLAND
7-down – As in a concert : TRANSOCEANIC
12-down – Cumbrian city : CARLISLE
15-down – Switches on a computer — lingos : LOGSIN
18-down – Lady who Alfred Tennyson asked to ‘come into the garden’ : MAUD
This crossword has in total 22 where 12 are across and 10 are down.