This crossword No. 561 clues and answers were published on Sat 02 Oct 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 561 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Outsourcing company nicknamed Crapita in Private Eye : CAPITA
8-across – Roman statesman – or a kind of salad : CAESAR
9-across – Majority owner of Tottenham Hotspur : ENIC
10-across – Creator of Peter Pan : JMBARRIE
11-across – South African province which includes Johannesburg : GAUTENG
13-across – Co-founder of the Taliban and undisputed victor : ABDUL
15-across – See 13 : GHANI
16-across – See 13 : BARADAR
18-across – Area of France between Normandy and the Bay of Biscay : BRITTANY
19-across – Phileas __, protagonist in Around the World in Eighty Days : FOGG
21-across – Protagonist in Oscar Wilde’s only novel : DORIAN
22-across – __ Mole, Sue Townsend’s secret diarist : ADRIAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Michael __, director of Heat : MANN
2-down – Landlocked country, capital Vaduz : LIECHTENSTEIN
3-down – Chinese board game played with 144 tiles : MAHJONG
4-down – Acronym for diving equipment : SCUBA
5-down – English statesman and Catholic cardinal associated with the trial of Joan of Arc : HENRYBEAUFORT
6-down – Nickname of the Roman emperor Gaius : CALIGULA
12-down – Michael __, England men’s cricket captain 1993-1998 : ATHERTON
14-down – Feast of the Annunciation – or Billie Holiday’s nickname : LADYDAY
17-down – Northeasternmost of the US states : MAINE
20-down – See 21 Across : GRAY
This crossword has in total 22 where 12 are across and 10 are down.