This crossword No. 28141 clues and answers were published on Sat 23 May 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 28141 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Leather, fake I say : SHAMMY
4-across – Germany’s sound leader in Angela’s in 23 : OOMPAH
9-across – Good grades Paul was always unable to attain — who would have thought it! : WELL
10-across – Touring middle of farm, muck encountered — mess about : GOOFAROUND
11-across – Secure fifty picnic hampers : CLINCH
12-across – Mere hint about unusual instrument : THEREMIN
13-across – Growth of intellect in Essex? : BRAINTREE
15-across – Make sense, as might exhibits in gallery collection? : HANG
16-across – See 25 : OVER
17-across – ‘Loose women’: clue de trop : UNWELCOME
21-across – See 15 : TOGETHER
22-across – Eagle, for example, hit rocky peak : RAPTOR
24-across – Dark snake and lady of the night? : WINDOWLESS
25-across – Affect suddenly with strong push in sustained campaign : WASH
26-across – Bear in river on purpose : ENDURE
27-across – Bird: 22 out of one’s tree? : PARROT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Cosmic light initially alters forms : STELLAR
2-down – Pooped nothing out then? : ALLIN
3-down – Assaults exciting — still on police record? : MUGSHOT
5-down – Authorised reference covering talk that’s come up : OKAYED
6-down – Astronomical topic, male boobs : PTOLEMAIC
7-down – Whiffy — as a goose may be? : HONKING
8-down – This hen wouldn’t want to be turning her friends out : SOUTHERNFRIED
14-down – See 9 : INEVERDID
16-down – Scent style in rose I gathered : ODORISE
18-down – Every other one blocked off, set up roads vital for an enormous area of land : EURASIA
19-down – Descent of celestial body, twinkling before dawn : MOONSET
20-down – See 23 : SHOWER
23-down – Might exhibitionist stand naked under this? : POWER
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.