This crossword No. 25736 clues and answers were published on Sat 08 Sep 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25736 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Mosaic piece from Hardy’s novel period : TESSERA
5-across – I work with 22 a long way before I go wrong, putting last first : FARRIER
9-across – Seek food rejecting article as fake : FORGE
10-across – Worshipped ere Advent came about : VENERATED
11-across – Last words of Omar: the pessimist has half one : EMPTYGLASS
12-across – Jean’s tribe? : LEVI
14-across – Tool for 9 with operator in London : HAMMERSMITH
18-across – A once new building block of sea air : OCEANBREEZE
21-across – See 24 : READ
22-across – Lucky products of 9 for 4 ft? : HORSESHOES
25-across – 9’s European air backed with less than total recall : FORGETFUL
26-across – Number in reverse like operator in 9 : BLACK
27-across – Where Arthur kept appointment with fate? : CAMELOT
28-across – Flower ill-used within the jurisdiction of the war god : TUESDAY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Time of payment is sweet : TOFFEE
2-down – Predicament? Economise : SCRAPE
3-down – End of the ideal solution to the lot : EVERYTHING
4-down – Suburban villa’s contribution to 9 : ANVIL
5-down – Tries moving into sunny part of Brittany : FINISTERE
6-down – But not that unusual for roast beef? : RARE
7-down – Pinter’s work in self-disclosure is courageous : INTREPID
8-down – Warning of danger when Spooner was the Tory leader : REDLIGHT
13-down – Apparent demands — so be silent : OSTENSIBLE
15-down – Art of warm cooked peas : MARROWFAT
16-down – Golden Bough’s ending first has tree turned to ice — nearly awful! : HORRIFIC
17-down – Spell Shah Jahan’s city with many a starry figure : HEXAGRAM
19-down – Transatlantic city in Atlantic country : POLAND
20-down – Comic Arthur eating hard fruit from tree : ASHKEY
23-down – Cut covering page division : SPLIT
24-down – The Guardian is going to study the literate : WELL
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.