This crossword No. 26418 clues and answers were published on Sat 15 Nov 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26418 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Surrogate father’s admitting obligation : VICARIOUS
6-across – Task for secretary, one retiring and shy : FLING
9-across – Overheard Blair struggling with a compulsion to hold forth : VERBALDIARRHOEA
10-across – Trade in Kentish Town : DEAL
11-across – Lumber covers frame of timber for bridge : STRADDLE
14-across – Reporter’s second witness quiet about hot tip from Egypt : BAKSHEESH
15-across – Tango roughly, revealing chest : TORSO
16-across – Look green, nursed by physician : DECOR
18-across – Frenchman’s fondness for robe wayward teen’s put on : TENDRESSE
20-across – Picaroon knocked back drink in anger : EMBITTER
21-across – Double First from Susie Dent : SPIT
25-across – Hum discordant note, one interrupting Cliff Richard’s opening song : SCARBOROUGHFAIR
26-across – Old local official respecting vigil : REEVE
27-across – Philosopher’s style is something hard to bear : MILLSTONE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – 6 x 2 + 500 — clear? : VIVID
2-down – A lot in America fish on boat : CARPARK
3-down – Taking top off, what you might do in bed sheets : REAM
4-down – Democratic Party rejected second chances : ODDS
5-down – Apple produce this month, with pears rotting : SMARTPHONE
6-down – Maybe Thai food, first of all, back in steamer : FAREASTERN
7-down – Nun may be tidy : INORDER
8-down – Extra embellishment lit up once in fireplace : GRACENOTE
12-down – Liberal with two pieces of furniture, dropping one : CHARITABLE
13-down – Constrained by police, suspect is one getting beaten : KETTLEDRUM
14-down – China sensible to adopt English recipe for beer : BUDWEISER
17-down – Mathematician losing head after first glimpse of Cheryl Cole : CABBAGE
19-down – Treble on rocks a pro’s drunk at first : SOPRANO
22-down – Church service is brief for the audience : TERCE
23-down – Menander’s leading character has lines for muse : MULL
24-down – Syrian city’s head put down resistance : OHMS
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.