This crossword No. 17249 clues and answers were published on Mon 18 Aug 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 17249 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Effervescent : VIVACIOUS
8-across – Duplicity : LYING
9-across – <span>Release that – song from </span><i>Frozen</i> : LETITGO
10-across – From southeast Germany : BAVARIAN
11-across – Emotional sensitivity – person : SOUL
13-across – Job worth a few bob : EARNER
14-across – Wash one’s hands of : DISOWN
16-across – Tear to pieces : MAUL
17-across – Storytelling through dolls : PUPPETRY
19-across – Free : UNLOOSE
20-across – Suffer : INCUR
21-across – Car with rear-end door : HATCHBACK
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Vicissitudes : VAGARIES
2-down – <i>Star Trek</i><span> logician</span> : VULCAN
3-down – Quote : CITE
4-down – Correction of teeth : ORTHODONTICS
5-down – Old name for Met HQ : SCOTLANDYARD
6-down – Gasbag : BLABBERMOUTH
7-down – Straightforward solution – werewolf killer? : SILVERBULLET
12-down – Little puncture : PINPRICK
15-down – Archimedes’ cry : EUREKA
18-down – Food : NOSH
This crossword has in total 22 where 12 are across and 10 are down.