This crossword No. 386 clues and answers were published on Sat 26 May 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 386 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Greek poet from the island of Lesbos : SAPPHO
8-across – Russia’s – and the world’s – largest lake by volume : BAIKAL
9-across – Star of La La Land : RYAN
10-across – Ligurian city, south of Genoa : LASPEZIA
11-across – Doris __, author of The Good Terrorist : LESSING
13-across – University in Birmingham : ASTON
15-across – Iconic US brand of reusable lighters : ZIPPO
17-across – Sergei and Yulia __, poisoned with novichok in Salisbury : SKRIPAL
20-across – The Song of __, epic poem from 1855 by Henry Longfellow : HIAWATHA
21-across – Donna __, creator of the Venetian detective Guido Brunetti : LEON
23-across – __ Steinem, journalist and activist : GLORIA
24-across – French city on the Loire : NANTES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – US spy pilot shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960 : GARY
2-down – Michael and Leon __, boxers : SPINKS
3-down – See 9 Across : GOSLING
4-down – The __, James Cameron film from 1989 : ABYSS
5-down – Joan __, late comedian : RIVERS
6-down – Canadian province between Ontario and Saskatchewan : MANITOBA
12-down – Member of Monty Python : ERICIDLE
14-down – Country from which Crimea was annexed in 2014 : UKRAINE
16-down – See 1 : POWERS
18-down – __ Records, founded in Jamaica in 1959 : ISLAND
19-down – __ Frome, 1911 novel by Edith Wharton : ETHAN
22-down – Michael __, former England footballer : OWEN
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.