This crossword No. 16694 clues and answers were published on Tue 07 Nov 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16694 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Native of Managua? : NICARAGUAN
7-across – Skullcap : YARMULKE
8-across – Suddenly understand; what’s on a tree? : TWIG
9-across – Abandoned ship that might be ‘Incredible’? : HULK
10-across – Haughty; as poster on wall? : STUCKUP
12-across – Wrapper of fragile articles : TISSUEPAPER
14-across – Particular : FINICKY
16-across – Floating muck : SCUM
19-across – Doleful canine cry; Ginsberg poem : HOWL
20-across – Facing; enemy : OPPOSING
21-across – Show expression of contempt : COCKASNOOK
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Under; Welsh town : NEATH
2-down – Fluffy heaped cloud : CUMULUS
3-down – Depend : RELY
4-down – Primate? : GREATAPE
5-down – Montezuma, say : AZTEC
6-down – ‘Candy is dandy, but ____ is quicker’ : LIQUOR
11-down – Genre of the Damned and Buzzcocks : PUNKROCK
12-down – Three-legged contraption : TRIPOD
13-down – Girl Before a Mirror and Guernica painter : PICASSO
15-down – Frozen home : IGLOO
17-down – Belarusian capital : MINSK
18-down – Musical work : OPUS
This crossword has in total 23 where 11 are across and 12 are down.