This crossword No. 16727 clues and answers were published on Fri 15 Dec 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16727 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Quietest car ad : ACQUIREDTASTE
8-across – It’ll fill a hole : SEALANT
9-across – Cake embellishment : ICING
10-across – Half a shandy : BEER
11-across – Origin : PEDIGREE
13-across – Barefoot : UNSHOD
14-across – Cheap and poor-quality : SHODDY
17-across – Lucky charm : TALISMAN
19-across – Alice, brass or garage? : BAND
21-across – Arabic term, origin ‘decide a point of law’ : FATWA
22-across – Bible readings : LESSONS
24-across – An organisation’s more extreme members : LUNATICFRINGE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Silly fool : ASS
2-down – Sounds tremulous : QUAVERS
3-down – First Russian tsar : IVAN
4-down – Respect : ESTEEM
5-down – Final phase : TWILIGHT
6-down – One might go off-piste : SKIER
7-down – Very observant : EAGLEEYED
10-down – Generous : BOUNTIFUL
12-down – Fixed : CONSTANT
15-down – Coerce – a drongo : DRAGOON
16-down – Typically French : GALLIC
18-down – Reveal : LETON
20-down – One’s on drugs : USER
23-down – Person who must be obeyed? : SHE
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.