This crossword No. 1403 clues and answers were published on Sun 21 Aug 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Speedy Crossword No. 1403 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Oral means of relaying information : WORDOFMOUTH
9-across – Acknowledgement : ADMISSION
10-across – Nothing, zero : NIL
11-across – Vacillate : HAVER
13-across – Public bar : TAPROOM
14-across – Gentle breeze : ZEPHYR
15-across – Literary term for England : ALBION
18-across – Bureaucracy, officialdom : REDTAPE
20-across – Spanish accent : TILDE
21-across – Sheltered side : LEE
22-across – Unimportant matter : BAGATELLE
24-across – Contagious disease transmitted by parrots : PSITTACOSIS
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Unit of electrical resistance : OHM
3-down – Demolish : DESTROY
4-down – Spirited, lively : FEISTY
5-down – Confess : OWNUP
6-down – Relating to hairdressing : TONSORIAL
7-down – In an unsystematic manner : HAPHAZARDLY
8-down – Rude, boorish : ILLMANNERED
12-down – Blandness, insipidity : VAPIDNESS
16-down – Choose not to react : LETITGO
17-down – Literary device linking two unrelated terms : ZEUGMA
19-down – Head of an abbey : ABBOT
23-down – Floral garland : LEI
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.