This crossword No. 16529 clues and answers were published on Fri 28 Apr 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16529 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Electrical control : SWITCH
4-across – Transition from the sublime to the ridiculous : BATHOS
9-across – 1897 gothic horror novel : DRACULA
10-across – Dome-shaped ice cream dessert : BOMBE
11-across – Former Japanese capital : KYOTO
12-across – Sea bed? : HAMMOCK
13-across – Lewis Carroll poem : JABBERWOCKY
18-across – Strong alcohol : LIQUEUR
20-across – Duck with soft feathers : EIDER
22-across – Kind of pachyderm : RHINO
23-across – Racing canine : WHIPPET
24-across – Add patterns of colour to a fabric : TIEDYE
25-across – Practitioner of a winter sport : SKATER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Number puzzle : SUDOKU
2-down – Northwest US state : IDAHO
3-down – Unit of electrical charge : COULOMB
5-down – Picture book? : ALBUM
6-down – Socrates’s killer : HEMLOCK
7-down – Stool pigeons : SNEAKS
8-down – GK Chesterton’s detective : FATHERBROWN
14-down – Obtain : ACQUIRE
15-down – Stone pillar with a pyramidal top : OBELISK
16-down – Blood — wine : CLARET
17-down – Rhetorician : ORATOR
19-down – Very dark brown or black : EBONY
21-down – Warehouse : DEPOT
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.