This crossword No. 26280 clues and answers were published on Sat 07 Jun 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26280 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – Worker in firm first to retire : CANTOR
6-across – Crowd is hanging round front of university : MOBIUS
9-across – I love being embraced by slovenly woman, rolling over : GALOIS
10-across – Expression of surprise when meeting poet? : HAMILTON
11-across – Cleric’s title put in front of name : VENN
12-across – Cleese, Idle et al, legless around old marketplace : PYTHAGORAS
13-across – Dull chemist in difficulty penning article : MATHEMATICS
18-across – Host unpaid for working : DIOPHANTUS
21-across – Old tower losing its facing : ABEL
22-across – Very famous bunch of engineers : LEGENDRE
23-across – The latest fashion : NEWTON
24-across – On a trip missing nothing : TURING
25-across – Not completely happy, learner being pushed to the back : BESSEL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Home thus dealt with psychosis, removing a nightly problem? : INSOMNIA
2-down – Soak up drink and talk too freely? : GOSSIP
3-down – Little pile of soil? Briefly come out with straw : WORMCAST
4-down – On-the-up Irish singer in Italian city district : RIALTO
5-down – Cable meeting with journalist is flattered : COAXED
7-down – It’s hard work getting a new set of punchy words : SLOGAN
8-down – Theme worked out with art and wit? Brainy stuff : WHITEMATTER
14-down – Keeping a facility for large-scale ads : HOARDING
15-down – Around sailor crew is moving sideways : CRABWISE
16-down – Strip club of sleazy nature on street : DIVEST
17-down – Start to find black gold under playing field : RECOIL
19-down – Favourite lines about love in this, maybe? : POETRY
20-down – Yellow orb over county incompletely visible — as it becomes this? : SUNKEN
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.