This crossword No. 27489 clues and answers were published on Sat 21 Apr 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27489 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – Red ring, one covered by pole : MAOIST
6-across – Little one in big boxes close to dustbin : INFANT
9-across – Take on a problem in extremes of solitude : ASSUME
10-across – Angels beginning to belch amid much ire, unfortunately : CHERUBIM
11-across – Time that flies? : BIRD
12-across – Marley had these situations hard to break, miser ultimately involved : DREADLOCKS
13-across – Someone permanently into his work, good he likes to party : GRAVEDIGGER
18-across – High — evidently drunk? : STAGGERING
21-across – Hear red fly : SOAR
22-across – Cut food into strips, right in the middle of summer? : JULIENNE
23-across – Porter’s observation after self-diagnosing ringworm? : IVEGOT
24-across – Flashy fishy? : GARISH
25-across – Red setter, line in rust : MERLOT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 23 : YOUUNDER
2-down – Scale a scale, short of the bitter end : ASCEND
3-down – Outsider in high dudgeon — that’s about right : UNDERDOG
4-down – Castaway not entirely possessing a great singing voice : CARUSO
5-down – See 23 : MYSKIN
7-down – Sensitive skin of tiger, unpleasant : TRICKY
8-down – Turner’s tipple? : SCREWDRIVER
14-down – 7 in 7, everything originally from a European city : VIENNESE
15-down – Circling bloom, see wind : EASTERLY
16-down – As a fiddle is so troublesome initially, one of several steps taken? : STRUNG
17-down – One on top of an elephant, pig climbing off : MAHOUT
19-down – Thyroid problem — it’s in the blood : GOITRE
20-down – Money for the state : GUINEA
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.