This crossword No. 27250 clues and answers were published on Sat 15 Jul 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27250 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Sea Eagle follows Little Cloud, initially over posh Swiss city : LUCERNE
8-across – Dirty team containing one left back : SQUALID
9-across – For an actor, breaking a leg is good! : PEGG
10-across – Tea Party’s principal threat? : MADHATTER
12-across – Fish caught by 21 down reactionary : COHOS
13-across – Brush-off outside pub leads to rows : RHUBARBS
15-across – In China, family name some garden 3 : DENG
16-across – Original letters from First Girl I Loved, now involved in brief affair : FLING
17-across – Horseplay involving a horny man : FAUN
18-across – Great bit of leg in Sun publication : SMASHING
20-across – Instruments from 5000 Spirits? 10% of them : DRUMS
21-across – Make it big before Painting Box : STRIKEOIL
22-across – Starts in Sound Techniques : STEP
24-across – The 14 man with no piano, instead getting drunk : CHELSEA
25-across – Very good gimbri intro intended, say, for Chinese White? : PIGMENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Group showing creative inspiration : MUSE
2-down – Prickly chap in side between posts before own goal : HEDGEHOG
3-down – The writer inspired by ditty about bankers? : GNOMES
4-down – Cousteau’s source of inspiration? One of the 14 on an organ : AQUALUNG
5-down – Tibetan tradition, to some extent? : TANTRA
6-down – Storyteller as part of line-up : LIAR
11-down – Daughter committing sin with the same short, bold actions? : DERRINGDO
12-down – Best group Way Back in the 1960s : CREAM
14-down – Right people for Royal Navy? : BLUES
16-down – More playful fellow, with accident more likely? : FRISKIER
17-down – The Guardian’s in Somerset town right away for a golf match : FOURSOME
19-down – Fellow going off Gently Tender at first? Very much so : SORELY
20-down – Clue I set after final appearance of David Gray, perhaps : DULCIE
21-down – Erected very large house in London area : SOHO
23-down – Layers of the Onion on repeat for long periods : EONS
This crossword has in total 30 where 15 are across and 15 are down.