This crossword No. 579 clues and answers were published on Sat 12 Feb 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 579 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
6-across – Opera house in Paris’s 9th arrondissement : PALAIS
8-across – __ Theatre, opera house in Manaus, Brazil : AMAZON
9-across – A type of bird – or a problem to which Gordius found a solution : KNOT
10-across – See 4 Down : TRAVIATA
12-across – Motown! : DETROIT
13-across – 1996 golf comedy starring Rene Russo and Kevin Costner : TIN
16-across – See 13 : CUP
17-across – Soviet diplomat known for his cocktails : MOLOTOV
20-across – The wife of Orpheus whose story is a popular subject in 6/1, 8 and 15 : EURYDICE
21-across – City and oblast in western Siberia : OMSK
22-across – Comic opera : ROSINA
24-across – Cyndi Lauper’s once controversial song about female sexual experience, released 1984 : SHEBOP
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 6 Across : GARNIER
2-down – Pseudonym, like the city, chosen by John le Carré’s Perfect Spy? : CANTERBURY
3-down – Emirate home to Al Jazeera : QATAR
4-down – Verdi opera based on the play by Alexandre Dumas : LA
5-down – Connie __, star and co-writer of Fawlty Towers : BOOTH
7-down – Isy __, comedian whose Love Letters appeared on Radio 4 : SUTTIE
11-down – Architect who designed the layout for Covent Garden in the 1630s : INIGOJONES
14-down – Ginger __, dancer who did everything backwards and in high heels : ROGERS
15-down – Moscow theatre : BOLSHOI
18-down – The modern name for ancient Thebes : LUXOR
19-down – Italian city, home to La Scala : MILAN
23-down – __ Lindsay Anderson film : IF
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.