This crossword No. 16575 clues and answers were published on Wed 21 Jun 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16575 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – It should calm you down : SEDATIVE
5-across – UK’s largest kind of beetle : STAG
9-across – Supermarket walkway : AISLE
10-across – Deceptively clever? : CUNNING
11-across – Start : COMMENCEMENT
13-across – Firstborn : ELDEST
14-across – Overused phrase : CLICHE
17-across – Pompous jargon : GOBBLEDYGOOK
20-across – Subtlety : FINESSE
21-across – Very eccentric : NUTTY
22-across – In 1906, ‘terminological inexactitude’, is what Winston Churchill called one of these : LIES
23-across – Surrender — deny : ABNEGATE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Imitation : SHAM
2-down – Lack of agreement : DISCORD
3-down – It’ll keep your drink hot : THERMOSFLASK
4-down – Unoccupied : VACANT
6-down – Double : TWICE
7-down – Ambitious individual : GOGETTER
8-down – Telling niece : INTELLIGENCE
12-down – Vindictive : VENGEFUL
15-down – Balkan country : CROATIA
16-down – Rightly or wrongly, for example : ADVERB
18-down – Overindulge : BINGE
19-down – Small cheeky child : TYKE
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.