This crossword No. 16868 clues and answers were published on Wed 29 May 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16868 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – 1913 D. H. Lawrence novel : SONSANDLOVERS
8-across – Great Expectations hero : PIP
9-across – Last leader of the USSR : GORBACHEV
10-across – Underwear and nightwear : LINGERIE
11-across – Biblical victim of fratricide : ABEL
13-across – Highest point : ZENITH
14-across – Humid – passionate : SULTRY
16-across – Timid : MEEK
17-across – Place for ablutions : BATHROOM
20-across – Captain Cook’s vessel – Inspector Morse’s name : ENDEAVOUR
21-across – Maker of mischief : IMP
22-across – Brainwashed : INDOCTRINATED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Part of a calyx : SEPAL
2-down – The witticism is purely fortuitous : NOPUNINTENDED
3-down – Increases : AUGMENTS
4-down – British naturalist : DARWIN
5-down – Egg-shaped : OVAL
6-down – Show-off : EXHIBITIONIST
7-down – Sausage : SAVELOY
12-down – Kind of Protestant : LUTHERAN
13-down – African river flowing into the Indian Ocean : ZAMBEZI
15-down – Toil : LABOUR
18-down – Two-wheeler : MOPED
19-down – Often perfumed powder : TALC
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.