This crossword No. 16546 clues and answers were published on Thu 18 May 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16546 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – One of the friends in Friends : PHOEBE
4-across – Not military — not rude : CIVIL
7-across – Important official of the Ottoman empire : VIZIER
8-across – Top part of a tank : TURRET
9-across – Fluctuate between extremes : YOYO
10-across – Like Shakespeare’s Timon, say : ATHENIAN
12-across – High jump technique : FOSBURYFLOP
17-across – Woefully old-fashioned person : DINOSAUR
19-across – Untamed : WILD
20-across – All together : ENBLOC
21-across – Burn : SCORCH
22-across – Good to eat : TASTY
23-across – Wind instrument : CORNET
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Separate two by two : PAIROFF
2-down – Menacing : OMINOUS
3-down – Voracious fish — bad RC aura : BARRACUDA
4-down – Give rise to : CAUSE
5-down – Giddiness : VERTIGO
6-down – Not presently active : LATENT
11-down – Exclamation accompanying a conjuring trick : HEYPRESTO
13-down – Providing many things at once — is no bum : OMNIBUS
14-down – Real dope : LOWDOWN
15-down – Stinking animal — opal etc : POLECAT
16-down – Commercial : ADVERT
18-down – Ostentatious : SHOWY
This crossword has in total 25 where 13 are across and 12 are down.