This crossword No. 16886 clues and answers were published on Wed 19 Jun 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16886 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Hairnets yearn : TYRRHENIANSEA
8-across – Christmas sweet? : PUD
9-across – Scenic and sweeping : PANORAMIC
10-across – Nicked : PILFERED
11-across – Voice : ALTO
13-across – __ boot, wheel clamp : DENVER
14-across – Topkapi Palace country – awful film : TURKEY
16-across – Ride waves : SURF
17-across – Fulfilment : FRUITION
20-across – Brown, Dartmouth etc : IVYLEAGUE
21-across – Meat : HAM
22-across – The __, scratched occasionally Monroe film? : SEVENYEARITCH
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Refill : TOPUP
2-down – Ballet great : RUDOLFNUREYEV
3-down – Came into being : HAPPENED
4-down – French city on the Loire : NANTES
5-down – Wary : AWRY
6-down – Monroe film where vindaloo is preferred by a few? : SOMELIKEITHOT
7-down – Pizza-topping fish : ANCHOVY
12-down – Fletcher Christian, for example : MUTINEER
13-down – Defrock : DISMISS
15-down – Accent : BROGUE
18-down – Immature insect form : NYMPH
19-down – Silver __, plant symbolic of New Zealand : FERN
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.