This crossword No. 16563 clues and answers were published on Wed 07 Jun 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16563 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Pocketed equipment for a ball game : BILLIARDTABLE
8-across – Not belligerent : PACIFIC
9-across – Sound : NOISE
10-across – Strain : SIFT
11-across – Particularly weak area : SOFTSPOT
13-across – Romeo and Juliet’s city on the River Adige : VERONA
14-across – Tool for trimming bushes or small trees : PRUNER
17-across – Popular Victorian opium-based painkiller : LAUDANUM
19-across – Of the mouth : ORAL
21-across – More primitive : RUDER
22-across – Suspect picture? : MUGSHOT
24-across – Unscrupulous trader : WHEELERDEALER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Party with dancing : BOP
2-down – Satan : LUCIFER
3-down – Unreliable : IFFY
4-down – Church of England parson : RECTOR
5-down – Slight trace — solution : TINCTURE
6-down – Barrage balloon : BLIMP
7-down – Concerned with voting : ELECTORAL
10-down – London’s street for men’s suiting? : SAVILEROW
12-down – Keeping an eye over an area : ONPATROL
15-down – Arctic mammal with a spiral tusk : NARWHAL
16-down – Warmest season of the year : SUMMER
18-down – Not justified : UNDUE
20-down – Feverish chill : AGUE
23-down – Cover with bitumen : TAR
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.