This crossword No. 16655 clues and answers were published on Fri 22 Sep 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16655 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Powerful — stringy : SINEWY
4-across – German playwright, author of Mother Courage and Her Children, d. 1956 : BRECHT
9-across – African country — ruin dub : BURUNDI
10-across – Administered corporal punishment : CANED
11-across – Bottomless chasm : ABYSS
12-across – It’s impossible to see without one! : EYEBALL
13-across – Buffet-style meal : SMORGASBORD
18-across – Type of quadrilateral : RHOMBUS
20-across – Nothing : ZILCH
22-across – Dislike intensely : ABHOR
23-across – Affair : LIAISON
24-across – Minutes for a football match : NINETY
25-across – Repulsive : ODIOUS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Passage underground : SUBWAY
2-down – Excitable : NERVY
3-down – A royal house : WINDSOR
5-down – Explore — scout : RECCE
6-down – Man with a body like a horse? : CENTAUR
7-down – Little — squiffy : TIDDLY
8-down – Buried container for future discovery : TIMECAPSULE
14-down – Mainly black aquatic rail : MOORHEN
15-down – Most common UK bird of prey : BUZZARD
16-down – Take into holy orders : ORDAIN
17-down – Cheers : THANKS
19-down – Exploded : BURST
21-down – Horse-catching rope : LASSO
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.