This crossword No. 16704 clues and answers were published on Sat 18 Nov 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16704 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Frank : CANDID
4-across – Lift abruptly : HOICK
7-across – Turned sharply : VEERED
8-across – Inconsistent : UNEVEN
9-across – Branch of Islam : SHIA
10-across – No-show : ABSENTEE
12-across – Russian port on the Sea of Japan : VLADIVOSTOK
17-across – Expensive and exclusive : UPMARKET
19-across – £25 : PONY
20-across – Patterned with blooms : FLORAL
21-across – Glazed cotton fabric : CHINTZ
22-across – Lifting device : WINCH
23-across – Deeply sad : TRAGIC
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Russian playwright, d. 1904 : CHEKHOV
2-down – Buddhist bliss : NIRVANA
3-down – Black fluid used for drawing : INDIANINK
4-down – Thus : HENCE
5-down – Happening outside the living organism : INVITRO
6-down – Where the setter may be found? : KENNEL
11-down – Small, powerful vehicle : SPORTSCAR
13-down – Parody : LAMPOON
14-down – Wonderful – pizza choice : TOPPING
15-down – Relating to motion : KINETIC
16-down – Law forbidding going out : CURFEW
18-down – Get to : REACH
This crossword has in total 25 where 13 are across and 12 are down.