This crossword No. 17390 clues and answers were published on Fri 30 Jan 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 17390 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Ready to eat : RIPE
3-across – Small celestial body : ASTEROID
8-across – Olive ___ – dreary : DRAB
9-across – Rudeness : ENDUSERS
11-across – Vessel in the cold – conversation starter : ICEBREAKER
14-across – Seventh ___ : HEAVEN
15-across – Bread brand – agile : NIMBLE
17-across – Means of access to a tree house,e.g. : ROPELADDER
20-across – The Greek one has 24 letters : ALPHABET
21-across – Sports item thrown from behind an oche : DART
22-across – Languid – unlike Santa? : LISTLESS
23-across – Protection for inhabitants of high chairs : BIBS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – It means ‘stop’ : REDLIGHT
2-down – It goes between crockery and table : PLACEMAT
4-down – American writer Susan,1933–2004 : SONTAG
5-down – Promoting unity among branches of Christianity : ECUMENICAL
6-down – It may bode good or evil : OMEN
7-down – Where a newsreader sits : DESK
10-down – Mêlée : FREEFORALL
12-down – Largest UAE emirate : ABUDHABI
13-down – Accumulated debris : DETRITUS
16-down – Dido’s love,for a spell : AENEAS
18-down – Grey,Marshal or Wessex : EARL
19-down – Mimics : APES
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.