This crossword No. 16523 clues and answers were published on Fri 21 Apr 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16523 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Decisive : CLIMACTIC
8-across – Talk incessantly : RUNON
9-across – Make — way : FASHION
10-across – Unmatched : PEERLESS
11-across – Personal influence over others : MOJO
13-across – Side dishes : SALADS
14-across – Trigger : SETOFF
16-across – Jan van __ , painter of the Arnolfini Portrait : EYCK
17-across – Upper part of the face : FOREHEAD
19-across – Frontier settlement : OUTPOST
20-across – Piece of poetry : VERSE
21-across – Taken aback : SURPRISED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Close : CONCLUDE
2-down – Steep — brew : INFUSE
3-down – Too : ALSO
4-down – Branch of pure mathematics — merry tooting : TRIGONOMETRY
5-down – Soldiers seen as expendable : CANNONFODDER
6-down – Totally absurd : PREPOSTEROUS
7-down – Person one is talking with : INTERLOCUTOR
12-down – On hold : RESERVED
15-down – Silently moves one’s lips : MOUTHS
18-down – Open land covered with heather and bracken : MOOR
This crossword has in total 22 where 12 are across and 10 are down.