This crossword No. 401 clues and answers were published on Sat 08 Sep 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 401 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
6-across – Quantum chemist and husband of Angela Merkel : JOACHIM
7-across – See 6 : SAUER
9-across – The capital of what was West Germany : BONN
10-across – Strait between mainland South America and Tierra del Fuego : MAGELLAN
11-across – The author, so they claimed, of the Dear Bill letters in Private Eye : DENISTHATCHER
14-across – Royal also known as Baron Carrickfergus : PRINCEWILLIAM
17-across – The capital of Chad : NDJAMENA
19-across – Island nation, capital Suva : FIJI
21-across – Evelyn Waugh comedy featuring the journalist Boot : SCOOP
22-across – Dame __ Bell Burnell, astrophysicist : JOCELYN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Venetian merchant traveller – or a team sport played on horseback : POLO
2-down – The practice of describing the metrical pattern of verse : SCANSION
3-down – Word meaning ‘fate’ in several languages, including Turkish : KISMET
4-down – Whom had you better call, should you be in the drugs business in Albuquerque? : SAUL
5-down – Éamon __, Irish nationalist and founder of Fianna Fáil : DEVALERA
8-down – Site of the Taj Mahal : AGRA
12-down – The wife of Orpheus and the daughter of Apollo? : EURIDYCE
13-down – ITV series starring James Nesbitt and Helen Baxendale : COLDFEET
15-down – __ Hazard, Belgian footballer : EDEN
16-down – 1887 play by Chekhov : IVANOV
18-down – __ Barksdale, Stringer Bell’s boss in The Wire : AVON
20-down – Recording artist and husband of Beyoncé : JAYZ
This crossword has in total 22 where 10 are across and 12 are down.