This crossword No. 16622 clues and answers were published on Tue 15 Aug 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16622 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Rule or standard of proper behaviour : PRINCIPLE
8-across – : GOTO
9-across – Massacre : BLOODBATH
10-across – Sure thing : CERT
13-across – Mate : CRONY
15-across – Persist : KEEPON
16-across – Restrain with a rope : TETHER
17-across – Motivated : DRIVEN
19-across – Remorseful feeling : REGRET
20-across – Williams or Atkinson? : ROWAN
21-across – Layer of ore between layers of rock : VEIN
24-across – Chicory with purple leaves — a CID choir : RADICCHIO
25-across – Rat, human or boat? : RACE
26-across – Rembrandt or Van Eyck, for instance : OLDMASTER
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Small brook : RILL
3-down – Fluorescent lighting : NEON
4-down – Natural : INBORN
5-down – Hidden : LATENT
6-down – Getting here is a sign of progress : SOMEWHERE
7-down – All future generations : POSTERITY
11-down – They start in freefall : SKYDIVERS
12-down – Discuss old times — I’m sincere : REMINISCE
13-down – Screen : COVER
14-down – Country at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula : YEMEN
18-down – Bowler’s illegal delivery : NOBALL
19-down – Intensely radioactive element found in uranium ores, Ra : RADIUM
22-down – Having them all, puts one in control : ACES
23-down – Pipe used to transport liquids or gases : LINE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.