This crossword No. 720 clues and answers were published on Sat 26 Oct 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 720 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Tree cultivated especially in China and Japan for its yellow-orange fruit : LOQUAT
8-across – The Lebanese capital : BEIRUT
9-across – Yiddish-derived word for the kind of audacity shown by 2/3? : CHUTZPAH
10-across – The employer of, amongst others, Harry Bosch and Kate Lockley? : LAPD
11-across – The __; Constable painting used by 2/3 activists in a protest action : HAYWAIN
13-across – Astrological sign represented by the scales of justice : LIBRA
15-across – Ethnic group from the Niger delta : OGONI
17-across – City on the Tigris : BAGHDAD
20-across – The __, Leonardo painting used by 2/3 activists in a protest action : LAST
21-across – A colourful parrot : LORIKEET
23-across – Polymath known for his 1959 lecture, The Two Cultures : CPSNOW
24-across – A town in Nottinghamshire but a city in New Jersey? : NEWARK
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – The sixth book of the Old Testament : JOSHUA
2-down – Campaign group seeking to end fossil fuel extraction by 2030 : JUST
3-down – See 2 : STOPOIL
4-down – The Berlin subway system : UBAHN
5-down – Vermeer painting used by 2/3 activists in a protest action : GIRLWITH
6-down – See 20 Across : SUPPER
12-down – Ray __, actor whose films include Sexy Beast and Black Widow : WINSTONE
14-down – See 5 : EARRING
16-down – Pomace brandy from Italy : GRAPPA
18-down – See 5 : APEARL
19-down – The profession of Krusty, Bozo and Joseph Grimaldi? : CLOWN
22-down – Fruit – or person – from New Zealand : KIWI
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.