This crossword No. 17079 clues and answers were published on Fri 31 Jan 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 17079 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Make them before leaving : EXCUSES
8-across – Use it to secure locks? : HAIRPIN
9-across – When to rest : BEDTIME
10-across – Crested ground-nesting bird : LAPWING
11-across – Sea snail : WHELK
13-across – Boringly similar : IDENTIKIT
15-across – Section of text : PARAGRAPH
18-across – What birds do at 9 : ROOST
21-across – Express derision : SCOFF
22-across – Experienced individual : OLDHAND
23-across – Mrs Hinch, for example : CLEANER
24-across – Parker or Wordsworth? : DOROTHY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Grease, room or patch? : ELBOW
2-down – Get something for nothing : CADGE
3-down – Obstacle to negotiations : STICKINGPOINT
4-down – Postpone : SHELVE
5-down – Motorcycle messenger : DISPATCHRIDER
6-down – Rise : UPTICK
7-down – Gawain or Galahad? : KNIGHT
12-down – Skirt or hoop? : HULA
14-down – ___ Murdoch, novelist died 1999 : IRIS
15-down – Create an opening : PIERCE
16-down – Fried : RASHER
17-down – Provide : AFFORD
19-down – Bridget Riley’s work, for instance : OPART
20-down – Any time before midnight : TODAY
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.