This crossword No. 17046 clues and answers were published on Mon 23 Dec 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 17046 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Don’t beat about the bush! : CUTTOTHECHASE
8-across – Burn : CHAR
9-across – Put your legs on either side of : BESTRIDE
10-across – Balderdash : MUMBOJUMBO
12-across – Exhaustion after long-haul flight : JETLAG
14-across – Friend known through writing : PENPAL
15-across – Sauce-carrying transport on which easy money earnt? : GRAVYTRAIN
19-across – Whose course never did run smooth, according to Shakespeare? : TRUELOVE
20-across – Dip biscuit in tea : DUNK
21-across – Nine days’ wonder : FLASHINTHEPAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Without accommodation : UNHOUSED
3-down – Broth : THROB
4-down – Vessel resembling a pipe-smoking, hat-wearing man : TOBYJUG
5-down – Poems : EPSOM
6-down – Spear : HARPOON
7-down – Carbonated water : SODA
11-down – Plantation : HACIENDA
13-down – Drunk – without pins? : LEGLESS
14-down – Money due : PAYMENT
16-down – Mayo seasoned with garlic : AIOLI
17-down – Elongated region of high barometric pressure : RIDGE
18-down – Verbal : ORAL
This crossword has in total 22 where 10 are across and 12 are down.