This crossword No. 16530 clues and answers were published on Sat 29 Apr 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16530 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Flaw : IMPERFECTION
9-across – Mechanism that goes round and round : ROTOR
10-across – Got thin : TONIGHT
11-across – An undivided whole : UNIT
12-across – Leading character in Shakespeare’s The Tempest : PROSPERO
14-across – Attack — no raid : INROAD
15-across – Beginner : NEWBIE
18-across – Many : NUMEROUS
20-across – Equitable : JUST
22-across – Hero-worship : LIONISE
23-across – Tree producing beans used to make chocolate : CACAO
24-across – eg 7, 11 and 17 : PRIMENUMBERS
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Consisting of a more haphazard collection : MOTLIER
3-down – What walls proverbially have : EARS
4-down – Time to come : FUTURE
5-down – Metal container : CANISTER
6-down – Fireplace — eg nil : INGLE
7-down – To say nothing of : NOTTOMENTION
8-down – Error betraying unconscious thoughts : FREUDIANSLIP
13-down – I nail her : HAIRLINE
16-down – Kind of doorman : BOUNCER
17-down – Office : BUREAU
19-down – Official language in New Zealand : MAORI
21-down – Blackleg : SCAB
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.