This crossword No. 16931 clues and answers were published on Sat 10 Aug 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16931 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Essential part : CRUX
3-across – Scheme to unfairly incriminate someone : STITCHUP
9-across – One has no prospect of success : NOHOPER
10-across – Sharp bend : ELBOW
11-across – Chilling : EERIE
12-across – Quirk : ODDITY
14-across – Like an illness caused by e.g. stress : PSYCHOSOMATIC
17-across – Lessens : ABATES
19-across – Sound : NOISE
22-across – Narcotic to which Marx likened religion : OPIUM
23-across – Competitor : ENTRANT
24-across – Plan : SCHEDULE
25-across – Metallic element used to make brass : ZINC
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Disdain : CONTEMPT
2-down – Escort : USHER
4-down – Kind of cat or butterfly : TORTOISESHELL
5-down – Material favoured by academics and farmers : TWEED
6-down – Environment : HABITAT
7-down – Chess piece which can be promoted : PAWN
8-down – Communicative faculty : SPEECH
13-down – Comprising various elements of different kinds : ECLECTIC
15-down – Rowdy and violent : YOBBISH
16-down – Diminutive : MINUTE
18-down – Retiring : TIMID
20-down – Inhabitant of Fallujah or Kirkuk : IRAQI
21-down – Scottish region – character in Friends : ROSS
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.