This crossword No. 16923 clues and answers were published on Thu 01 Aug 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16923 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Soft, multicoloured sweet in human shape : JELLYBABY
8-across – Opposed to : ANTI
9-across – Change from one form into another – master nut, anag. : TRANSMUTE
10-across – Cook – become enraged : BOIL
13-across – Patriarch in Genesis : JACOB
15-across – Excite : TURNON
16-across – Skiing race : SLALOM
17-across – House which can be quickly assembled : PREFAB
19-across – Slanting to the right : ITALIC
20-across – Manufacturer of baked beans etc. : HEINZ
21-across – Rule, Britannia composer : ARNE
24-across – Corrected for publication : SUBEDITED
25-across – Salutation or valediction in Rome : CIAO
26-across – Californian city and county : SANTACRUZ
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Noble between marquess and viscount : EARL
3-down – Dressing material : LINT
4-down – Complain about : BEMOAN
5-down – Ludicrous descent from the elevated to the banal : BATHOS
6-down – Naive – not materialistic : UNWORLDLY
7-down – Tact : DIPLOMACY
11-down – Means of timing an event : STOPWATCH
12-down – Every three years : TRIENNIAL
13-down – OT prophet : JONAH
14-down – Sudden attack – chess format : BLITZ
18-down – A sturgeon : BELUGA
19-down – Turn around or upside down : INVERT
22-down – Flat, circular plate : DISC
23-down – Boyfriend : BEAU
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.