This crossword No. 16650 clues and answers were published on Sat 16 Sep 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16650 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Organise into a system : CODIFY
4-across – Consumed : USEDUP
8-across – Australian tennis great : LAVER
9-across – Spat : QUARREL
10-across – Italian composer, d. 1835 : BELLINI
11-across – Recipient of money : PAYEE
12-across – Stealer of money : EMBEZZLER
17-across – Shin bone : TIBIA
19-across – Hostility between the Soviet Union and the West : COLDWAR
21-across – Story set earlier than one already published : PREQUEL
22-across – Work by 10, say : OPERA
23-across – Tree — part of London’s Tower Hamlets : POPLAR
24-across – Musical potpourri : MEDLEY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Stars : CELEBS
2-down – Reveal : DIVULGE
3-down – Iranian official language : FARSI
5-down – Theatrical knife : SCALPEL
6-down – Unethical : DIRTY
7-down – Cause of hay fever : POLLEN
9-down – Perplexed : QUIZZICAL
13-down – Showy technical skill : BRAVURA
14-down – Unfair outcome : RAWDEAL
15-down – Move to a higher level : STEPUP
16-down – International accord : TREATY
18-down – Sound that prevents what was actually said being heard : BLEEP
20-down – Baggy : LOOSE
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.