This crossword No. 17099 clues and answers were published on Mon 24 Feb 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 17099 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Stimulating drink – a caffeine boar : ARABIANCOFFEE
8-across – Refusal of permission : VETO
9-across – Mexican folk musician : MARIACHI
10-across – Happy medium : GOLDENMEAN
12-across – Dry material such as kindling : TINDER
14-across – Bolster : PILLOW
15-across – England fan : ANGLOPHILE
19-across – Spanish city on the eastern coast of the Iberian peninsula : VALENCIA
20-across – Tub – city : BATH
21-across – Sondheim/Bernstein musical : WESTSIDESTORY
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Reich rot : RHETORIC
3-down – Family – stew : BROOD
4-down – Person distributing charity money : ALMONER
5-down – Slice up Sunday roast : CARVE
6-down – Face wiper : FLANNEL
7-down – Resound : ECHO
11-down – Person collecting public opinion data : POLLSTER
13-down – Local variety of language : DIALECT
14-down – Unholy : PROFANE
16-down – Maurizio __, former head of fashion empire : GUCCI
17-down – Acquired behaviour pattern : HABIT
18-down – Hollow in hill or earth – like Fingal’s? : CAVE
This crossword has in total 22 where 10 are across and 12 are down.