This crossword No. 16970 clues and answers were published on Wed 25 Sep 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 16970 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – Shake It Off singer : TAYLORSWIFT
7-across – Surrender : CEDE
8-across – Male evening dress : TAILCOAT
9-across – Armed robbery : STICKUP
11-across – Small shoot from a plant : SPRIG
13-across – Nemesis of Skeletor – muscular fellow : HEMAN
14-across – Representative of a monarch in another country : VICEROY
16-across – Extemporiser : ADLIBBER
17-across – Suddenly change direction : VEER
18-across – Coward : YELLOWBELLY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Stringed instrument : LYRE
2-down – Put in order : SORTOUT
3-down – Savoury jelly : ASPIC
4-down – Devoted follower : DISCIPLE
5-down – At an unspecified time in the recent past : THEOTHERDAY
6-down – Mixed literary genre : TRAGICOMEDY
10-down – S-shaped bone : CLAVICLE
12-down – E.g. a bacterium : MICROBE
15-down – Head of a religious order : ABBOT
17-down – Farewell – depressed area : VALE
This crossword has in total 20 where 10 are across and 10 are down.