This crossword No. 16662 clues and answers were published on Sat 30 Sep 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16662 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Place where ships load, unload or are repaired : DOCK
3-across – Immaculate : SPOTLESS
8-across – Annual flat race run at Epsom for three-year-old fillies : OAKS
9-across – Fruit tree — dark purple colour : MULBERRY
11-across – American gobstopper — word that’s hard to pronounce : JAWBREAKER
14-across – Wooden hammer : MALLET
15-across – Clever trick : WHEEZE
17-across – Onlooker : EYEWITNESS
20-across – Member of a radical Chinese youth movement endorsed by Chairman Mao in 1966 : REDGUARD
21-across – Powdered starch : SAGO
22-across – Debacle : DISASTER
23-across – Garden party : FETE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Upright member, framing an entrance : DOORJAMB
2-down – Easy-peasy task : CAKEWALK
4-down – Form of a word used to denote more than one : PLURAL
5-down – Fixed-price menu with limited choices : TABLEDHOTE
6-down – Maltese currency : EURO
7-down – Bean protein : SOYA
10-down – Pig : GREEDYGUTS
12-down – Drink : BEVERAGE
13-down – Sparkler : GEMSTONE
16-down – Move sideways suddenly : SWERVE
18-down – You hope to fill this up : GRID
19-down – Lyric poems : ODES
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.