This crossword No. 648 clues and answers were published on Sat 10 Jun 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 648 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Sir Chris __, MP for Rhondda and chair of the Commons Committee on Standards : BRYANT
8-across – Dick __, US vice-president, 2001-2009 : CHENEY
9-across – French artist known for her eponymous wax museum in London : MADAMETUSSAUD
10-across – Palestinian city, home to the Mount of Temptation : JERICHO
12-across – See 1 Down : MAJOR
14-across – Cult Japanese manga film from 1988 : AKIRA
16-across – Sir Derek __, poet from Saint Lucia : WALCOTT
19-across – Al-__-__, Arabic name for the Temple Mount, site of the al-Aqsa mosque in East Jerusalem : HARAMALSHARIF
21-across – The capital of Albania : TIRANA
22-across – Character in Friends played by Jennifer Aniston : RACHEL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Constellation which includes the Big Dipper : URSA
2-down – Japanese horseradish : WASABI
3-down – Dutch city known for its university : UTRECHT
4-down – The nickname of Jean Louise Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird : SCOUT
5-down – Body of water separating the Sudan and Saudi Arabia : REDSEA
6-down – __ scale, a measure of wind intensity : BEAUFORT
11-down – Arabic name for Hebron : ELKHALIL
13-down – Name for the official record of parliamentary debates in the UK : HANSARD
15-down – Ronald __, US president 1981-1989 : REAGAN
17-down – Abbey __, presenter of Britain’s Next Top Model : CLANCY
18-down – Palestinian city on the Egyptian border : RAFAH
20-down – St __, places in Cornwall, Cambridgeshire and Dorset : IVES
This crossword has in total 22 where 10 are across and 12 are down.