This crossword No. 568 clues and answers were published on Sat 20 Nov 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 568 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
6-across – Novel by Marilyn French from 1977 : THEWOMENSROOM
8-across – Ironically named area of central London, once home to one of the largest mail sorting offices in the world : MOUNTPLEASANT
9-across – Author who had men explain things to her? : REBECCA
11-across – See 13 : BETTY
13-across – Comedy from 2000 with Renée Zellweger in the title role : NURSE
15-across – Author whose works include How to Be a Woman : CAITLIN
18-across – Rimbaud’s prose poem from 1873 : ASEASONINHELL
20-across – Friend of Jesus and witness to his crucifixion : MARYMAGDALENE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – __ Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday : SHROVE
2-down – __ Hunter, shipbuilders on the Tyne : SWAN
3-down – Unit in typography equal to a specified point size : EMSPACE
4-down – Mountains separating Chile and Argentina : ANDES
5-down – See 9 Across : SOLNIT
7-down – What Otis Redding wrote – and Aretha Franklin demanded? : RESPECT
10-down – Common name for 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine : ECSTASY
12-down – __ Ardern, New Zealand prime minister : JACINDA
14-down – Dawn __, US soprano known for her recording of Symphony No 3 by Górecki : UPSHAW
16-down – __ Records, Jamaican company : ISLAND
17-down – See 15 Across : MORAN
19-down – Baroness __, former president of the UK supreme court : HALE
This crossword has in total 20 where 8 are across and 12 are down.