This crossword No. 16861 clues and answers were published on Tue 21 May 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16861 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Lacking direction : ADRIFT
4-across – Compact group of mountains : MASSIF
8-across – Energy supplier? : CABLE
9-across – Hawk – and hound : HARRIER
10-across – Leaves : VACATES
11-across – Player : ACTOR
12-across – Sign of trouble : ALARMBELL
17-across – Distant : ALOOF
19-across – ____ Man, 1965 Beatles song : NOWHERE
21-across – Not in a quiet way : NOISILY
22-across – Experience death by water : DROWN
23-across – Quite – cute : PRETTY
24-across – Aniseed-flavoured herb with feathery leaves : FENNEL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Nook : ALCOVE
2-down – Du Maurier novel : REBECCA
3-down – Battleships : FLEET
5-down – Cost of a flight : AIRFARE
6-down – Time spent working : STINT
7-down – Outcry : FURORE
9-down – The price of silence? : HUSHMONEY
13-down – Plague : AFFLICT
14-down – Become horizontal : LIEDOWN
15-down – Daytime doze : CATNAP
16-down – Heart : KERNEL
18-down – Relating to sheep : OVINE
20-down – Chunk of fruit or cheese : WEDGE
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.