This crossword No. 16894 clues and answers were published on Fri 28 Jun 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16894 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Speaker of several languages : POLYGLOT
5-across – Transmit or prove : SHOW
9-across – Discern : SENSE
10-across – Sword : CUTLASS
11-across – Tightwad : PENNYPINCHER
13-across – Blotto : TIDDLY
14-across – Plant with shoots providing panda food : BAMBOO
17-across – Mutual affection : CONGENIALITY
20-across – Upstart : PARVENU
21-across – Confess : ADMIT
22-across – Youth : TEEN
23-across – Not long back : RECENTLY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Small bunch of flowers : POSY
2-down – Flax grain : LINSEED
3-down – Gentle sixteenth-century tune : GREENSLEEVES
4-down – Fill : OCCUPY
6-down – Moor : HEATH
7-down – Loo : WASHROOM
8-down – Public school activity : ETONWALLGAME
12-down – Soup vessel : STOCKPOT
15-down – Carpet alongside tub : BATHMAT
16-down – 13 across – time : MINUTE
18-down – Runes : NURSE
19-down – Prop : STAY
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.