This crossword No. 572 clues and answers were published on Sat 18 Dec 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 572 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – What Band Aid asked if they knew in their 1984 10 : CHRISTMAS
10-across – Ernst Blofeld’s designation within Spectre in the Bond books : NUMBERONE
11-across – What Renée and Renato urged us to save in their 1982 9 10 : YOURLOVE
12-across – Dark version of ochre : UMBER
13-across – Who had a boy child, according to Harry Belafonte in his 1957 9 10 : MARY
14-across – Simon __, actor who plays Benji Dunn in the Mission: Impossible franchise : PEGG
15-across – Jawaharlal __, India’s first prime minister : NEHRU
16-across – Epic poetry – bohemian, according to Queen in their 1975 : RHAPSODY
18-across – The Beatles’ simple desire in their 1963 9 10 : IWANTTOHOLDYOURHAND
24-across – Disney character from Frozen, voiced by Josh Gad : OLAF
26-across – University in Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT
27-across – Where Bruce Springsteen was born? : USA
28-across – Oh My __, Boney M in their 1978 9 10 : LORD
29-across – What we should let no one be – Mud’s 9 10 from 1974… : LONELYTHISCHRISTMAS
32-across – … but one reason why too many people are this year : PANDEMIC
35-across – Colloquial term for a nuclear weapon : ABOMB
38-across – Japanese city on Honshu : KOBE
40-across – What one should keep, while carrying on? : CALM
42-across – French city close to the Belgian border : LILLE
43-across – London borough whose NHS choir : LEWISHAM
44-across – Form of sterling no longer issued by the Bank of England : POUNDNOTE
45-across – London borough whose NHS choir : GREENWICH
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – __ Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday : SHROVE
2-down – Element with atomic number 7 : NITROGEN
3-down – Church in Smith Square, London known as a concert venue : STJOHN
4-down – Choirmaster with whom Military Wives had a 9 10 in 2011 : GARETH
5-down – Here we go round the __ – nursery rhyme : MULBERRYBUSH
6-down – Peninsula in south-west Europe : IBERIA
7-down – A measure of scotch? : DRAM
8-down – __ Bergman, star of Casablanca : INGRID
12-down – Type of suspects rounded up in Casablanca? : USUAL
17-down – Semi arid southern fringe of the Sahara : SAHEL
19-down – US version of a fictional character created by Martin Handford : WALDO
20-down – __ Wynette, the First Lady of country music : TAMMY
21-down – Group whose hits include You Sexy Thing : HOTCHOCOLATE
22-down – One of the five basic tastes : UMAMI
23-down – _ Major, wife of the former prime minister : NORMA
25-down – Sigmund __, neurologist : FREUD
30-down – Band that wished everybody Merry Xmas in their 1973 9 10 : SLADE
31-down – To tango…? : TAKESTWO
33-down – Woman warrior in Greek mythology : AMAZON
34-down – See 4 : MALONE
36-down – Ice hockey team from Edmonton, Canada : OILERS
37-down – Sally __, central character in Cabaret : BOWLES
39-down – Lucentio’s 9 10 in The Taming of the Shrew? : BIANCA
41-down – You were always on mine, according to the Pet Shop Boys’ 1987 9 10 : MIND
This crossword has in total 46 where 22 are across and 24 are down.