This crossword No. 545 clues and answers were published on Sat 12 Jun 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 545 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Seafaring Scandinavian – or a Minnesotan football fan : VIKING
8-across – English estuary – or a bicycle pioneer : HUMBER
9-across – River whose major tributaries converge at Warden Rock : TYNE
10-across – Desert covering parts of Botswana, South Africa and Namibia : KALAHARI
11-across – Serie A football team whose home is the San Siro : ACMILAN
13-across – Little Orphan Annie’s dog : SANDY
16-across – Type of flatfish found in European waters : DOVER
17-across – Kenyan port : MOMBASA
19-across – __ Convention, folk rock band formed in 1967 : FAIRPORT
21-across – __ Lund, character played by Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca : ILSA
23-across – Somerset home of Clarks Shoes : STREET
24-across – Co-author with Marx of The Communist Manifesto : ENGELS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Wilfred Owen’s subject: War, and the __ of War : PITY
2-down – BBC schools service for pupils aged 4 to 14 : BITESIZE
3-down – Common title for the Shia leader Mawlana Hazar Imam : AGAKHAN
4-down – Lee __, author of the Jack Reacher novels : CHILD
5-down – Chinese term for a domestic servant : AMAH
6-down – Archipelago celebrated in an 1830 overture by Mendelssohn : HEBRIDES
12-down – Scottish town at the tip of the Black Isle : CROMARTY
14-down – Home to The Archers? : AMBRIDGE
15-down – Decade in which Casablanca was made : FORTIES
18-down – River running through Aberfoyle and Stirling : FORTH
20-down – Major UK employment agency : REED
22-down – See 16 Across : SOLE
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.