This crossword No. 16926 clues and answers were published on Mon 05 Aug 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16926 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Writer’s right to take liberties : POETICLICENCE
8-across – Small lump, e.g. of butter : KNOB
9-across – Signal that danger has passed : ALLCLEAR
10-across – Unworldly academic’s dwelling? : IVORYTOWER
12-across – Small quake : TREMOR
14-across – Roman emperor : CAESAR
15-across – Suspenseful : NAILBITING
19-across – The ___ table : PERIODIC
20-across – Cunning : WILY
21-across – Politically unscrupulous, as in The Prince : MACHIAVELLIAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Consumer of plants and animals : OMNIVORE
3-down – Potato, say : TUBER
4-down – Part of a book : CHAPTER
5-down – Relative by marriage : INLAW
6-down – Blow up : ENLARGE
7-down – Show appreciation of : CLAP
11-down – Tree which may have white or pink flowers : MAGNOLIA
13-down – Masculine : MANNISH
14-down – Small, walled-off part of a room : CUBICLE
16-down – Location of Lucknow and Bhopal : INDIA
17-down – It gets wetter as it dries : TOWEL
18-down – Queen of the Olympian gods : HERA
This crossword has in total 22 where 10 are across and 12 are down.