This crossword No. 16518 clues and answers were published on Sat 15 Apr 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16518 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Shower with love : DOTE
3-across – Devilish : DIABOLIC
8-across – Art institution with galleries in London, Liverpool and St Ives in Cornwall : TATE
9-across – Grow rapidly : MUSHROOM
11-across – Flourishing : BURGEONING
14-across – Not flourishing : SHABBY
15-across – Tiny particle light or electromagnetic radiation : PHOTON
17-across – Top grade chef : CORDONBLEU
20-across – Bonding — hid aeons : ADHESION
21-across – Long story : YARN
22-across – Fishlike jawless vertebrates : LAMPREYS
23-across – __ von Bismarck, first chancellor of Germany : OTTO
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Organised body of related information : DATABASE
2-down – Intensive teaching session given to one or a small number of students : TUTORIAL
4-down – Large tropical American spiny-backed lizard : IGUANA
5-down – Late : BEHINDHAND
6-down – Plunder : LOOT
7-down – Turn up : COME
10-down – Google Chrome, for example : WEBBROWSER
12-down – Loyal supporter : STALWART
13-down – Indirect malicious implication : INNUENDO
16-down – Stupid behaviour : IDIOCY
18-down – Become less interesting : PALL
19-down – Mate : CHUM
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.