This crossword No. 16735 clues and answers were published on Tue 26 Dec 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16735 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Soft cheese : FROMAGEFRAIS
9-across – Poplar tree : ASPEN
10-across – Radio pioneer – Minorca : MARCONI
11-across – Egyptian fertility goddess : ISIS
12-across – Chaste – kind of harpsichord : VIRGINAL
14-across – Cowers : QUAILS
15-across – Relatives through marriage : INLAWS
18-across – Adjusting : ATTUNING
20-across – Killer whale : ORCA
22-across – Standard : TYPICAL
23-across – In any way whatsoever : ATALL
24-across – Showy, flashy display : RAZZLEDAZZLE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Copy : REPLICA
3-down – Expensive fur : MINK
4-down – Chess manoeuvre involving a sacrifice : GAMBIT
5-down – Searching for food : FORAGING
6-down – Fruit of the oak : ACORN
7-down – Dither : SHILLYSHALLY
8-down – Part of Paris’s Rive Gauche : LATINQUARTER
13-down – Relating to medical treatment : CLINICAL
16-down – Postal delivery method : AIRMAIL
17-down – Naked : UNCLAD
19-down – Gemstone : TOPAZ
21-down – And all that ___ : JAZZ
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.