This crossword No. 16659 clues and answers were published on Wed 27 Sep 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16659 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Big win! : JACKPOT
8-across – Let go : UNLOOSE
9-across – More flamboyant — enthusiast : FANCIER
10-across – Square of rich chocolate cake : BROWNIE
11-across – Cathy : YACHT
13-across – Clean with a compressed air jet : SANDBLAST
15-across – Language invented by a Pole in 1887 — no repeats : ESPERANTO
18-across – Siberian city, founded by Tsar Boris Godunov in 1604 : TOMSK
21-across – Reduce in worth : CHEAPEN
22-across – Unending : ETERNAL
23-across – Illustrious : EMINENT
24-across – Muslim women’s veil : YASHMAK
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Moment : JIFFY
2-down – Rounded and pointed : CONIC
3-down – Colour remover : PAINTSTRIPPER
4-down – Headdress : TURBAN
5-down – 1983 Willy Russell musical : BLOODBROTHERS
6-down – Eye part : CORNEA
7-down – Atacama, for example : DESERT
12-down – Coalition led by Germany, with Italy and Japan, in WWII : AXIS
14-down – Lather : SUDS
15-down – Deliberately avoid : ESCHEW
16-down – Full of romantic imagery : POETIC
17-down – Cardinal number : NINETY
19-down – Musical note : MINIM
20-down – Prosperous peasant farmer in pre-Stalinist Russia : KULAK
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.