This crossword No. 17168 clues and answers were published on Thu 15 May 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 17168 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Pre-assembled : READYMADE
8-across – Prepare for Prue Leith,perhaps : BAKE
9-across – Cloak-and-dagger operations : ESPIONAGE
10-across – Omit – cavort : SKIP
13-across – Meh : TEPID
15-across – Like some swimming pools : HEATED
16-across – Cash cow : EARNER
17-across – Ban – one like 7d : OUTLAW
19-across – Additional : SECOND
20-across – Leaves for lunch? : SALAD
21-across – Bathroom powder : TALC
24-across – As it were : SOTOSPEAK
25-across – Alight – obtain – property : LAND
26-across – Showing shoulders : STRAPLESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – The life of Riley : EASE
3-down – Supporter of the throne? : DAIS
4-down – Coined – in the money! : MINTED
5-down – AKA bow-wow : DOGGIE
6-down – Bafta-winning Katherine – or napkins : PARKINSON
7-down – Pseudo-Spanish word for a bandit : DESPERADO
11-down – In a husky manner : THROATILY
12-down – Desolate milieu : WASTELAND
13-down – <span>State,setting for </span><i>Rio Bravo</i><span> and </span><i>Hud</i> : TEXAS
14-down – Went out with – old news : DATED
18-down – Avant-garde : WAYOUT
19-down – Tasty triangle : SAMOSA
22-down – Amorphous mineral used as a gemstone : OPAL
23-down – Where crane drivers operate : CABS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.