This crossword No. 491 clues and answers were published on Sat 30 May 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 491 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Malcolm __, Peter Capaldi’s character in The Thick of It : TUCKER
8-across – 2001 movie starring Audrey Tautou : AMELIE
9-across – See 19 Down : LANE
10-across – Australian outlaw and folk legend : NEDKELLY
11-across – Country bordered by Botswana and Angola : NAMIBIA
13-across – See 6 Down : PIPER
15-across – Citizen of Muscat : OMANI
17-across – Country bordered by Sudan and Djibouti : ERITREA
20-across – __ Cuts; 1960s reductions to Britain’s railway networks : BEECHING
21-across – 21 in 1978 : PAUL
22-across – Landmark near Staithes on the Yorkshire coast : OLDNAB
23-across – Fay __, actor who plays Jenny Gifford in Cold Feet : RIPLEY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – The capital of Zambia : LUSAKA
2-down – Hebridean island : SKYE
3-down – The current 21 : FRANCIS
4-down – Character played by Olivia Newton-John in Grease : SANDY
5-down – 21 from 2005-2013 : BENEDICT
6-down – Actor known for her Olivier award winning performance in Yerma : BILLIE
12-down – 21 from 1721-1724 : INNOCENT
14-down – 21 from 1831-1846 : GREGORY
16-down – Breakfast food developed by Maximilian Bircher-Benner : MUESLI
18-down – Short musical studies for which Chopin, for example, is known : ETUDES
19-down – The first woman to be a bishop in the Church of England : LIBBY
21-down – Alexander _, poet who presumed not God to scan? : POPE
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.