This crossword No. 16656 clues and answers were published on Sat 23 Sep 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16656 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Where marine mammals are seen performing — Ian, I’m Rudolph : DOLPHINARIUM
9-across – Very distressed : CUTUP
10-across – Men’s trousers : STRIDES
11-across – Poet, famous for his 15-volume Metamorphoses, d. AD 17 or 18 : OVID
12-across – From Beirut? : LEBANESE
14-across – Fly off the handle : LOSEIT
15-across – Temporary interruption : HICCUP
18-across – Grieved for : LAMENTED
20-across – Expectorate : SPIT
22-across – Fourth-longest river in Africa, which flows into the Indian Ocean : ZAMBEZI
23-across – Formal and authoritative proclamation : EDICT
24-across – F1 competitor? : RACINGDRIVER
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Sets of clothing : OUTFITS
3-down – Male parent : PAPA
4-down – Foot’s arch : INSTEP
5-down – Long arm of the eastern Mediterranean : ADRIATIC
6-down – Pop group not tied to a major recording company : INDIE
7-down – Popular 1960s’ dance — spuds like this go with sausages : MASHEDPOTATO
8-down – Student’s jacket : SCHOOLBLAZER
13-down – Irish political party : SINNFEIN
16-down – Turn turtle : CAPSIZE
17-down – In arrears : BEHIND
19-down – One who can imitate others : MIMIC
21-down – Primo ___ , Italian writer and survivor of Auschwitz, d. 1987 : LEVI
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.