This crossword No. 598 clues and answers were published on Sat 25 Jun 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 598 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – 1983 gangster film starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer : SCARFACE
7-across – Music festival held annually in Novi Sad, Serbia : EXIT
9-across – Bruce __, anti-nuclear campaigner who died this year : KENT
10-across – Birds of prey found throughout Europe : KESTRELS
11-across – __ Bunton, Baby Spice : EMMA
12-across – Music genre unlikely to have been heard at this year’s 2 in Manchester : INDIEPOP
14-across – Rap festival held annually in London : WIRELESS
16-across – Area of Boston MA popular with artists and designers : SOWA
17-across – Market town in Carmarthenshire : LLANELLI
19-across – Rival to Othello? : IAGO
20-across – The Thames at Oxford? : ISIS
21-across – The capital of Malta : VALLETTA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – __ Franklin, the queen of soul : ARETHA
2-down – 1994 song and album by Blur : PARKLIFE
3-down – River reaching the sea between Hartlepool and Redcar : TEES
4-down – Margaret __, author of The Memoirs of Cleopatra : GEORGE
6-down – Club music festival held in Cheshire : CREAMFIELDS
8-down – Site of Bestival 2004-2016 : ISLEOFWIGHT
13-down – __ Hammett, author of The Maltese Falcon : DASHIELL
15-down – __ Hemingway, author of The Old Man and the Sea : ERNEST
16-down – Music festival held annually in Budapest : SZIGET
18-down – Peace & __, music festival held most years in Borlänge, Sweden : LOVE
This crossword has in total 22 where 12 are across and 10 are down.