This crossword No. 16553 clues and answers were published on Fri 26 May 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16553 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Feeling of excitement : BUZZ
3-across – Supposedly essential item to buy : MUSTHAVE
8-across – List of names : ROLL
9-across – Steals money for personal use : TROUSERS
11-across – Flash jewellery : BLINGBLING
14-across – Layer of foliage created by high branches of forest trees : CANOPY
15-across – Plaza : SQUARE
17-across – German breed of powerful dog used to herd livestock : ROTTWEILER
20-across – Having wide scope : ALLROUND
21-across – Sheet of floating ice : FLOE
22-across – : HEAVYSET
23-across – * : STAR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – On a horse without a saddle : BAREBACK
2-down – Unspecified large numbers : ZILLIONS
4-down – Wild : UNRULY
5-down – Bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery : TOURNIQUET
6-down – Figure skating jump : AXEL
7-down – Comfort : EASE
10-down – Study of pharaohs and pyramids etc : EGYPTOLOGY
12-down – Collapse : FALLFLAT
13-down – Expression of total agreement : HEARHEAR
16-down – Asap! : ATONCE
18-down – Bay and multiple estuary on the coast of East Anglia : WASH
19-down – Island to which Napoleon was exiled in 1814 : ELBA
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.