This crossword No. 25987 clues and answers were published on Sat 29 Jun 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25987 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Lover gives a stuff about rain? On the contrary : PARAMOUR
9-across – Work and overwork for European Union entry : OEUVRE
10-across – One contributing to lunch, effortlessly : CHEF
11-across – Barely in, left to express the appropriate term : LEMOTJUSTE
12-across – Half-bloods end badly — that’s fair : BLONDE
14-across – Prince has no right to upset Buddhist spectacles : PINCENEZ
15-across – 2 — master together with criminal : BRIGAND
17-across – Moore’s city is rather sweet : DEMISEC
20-across – It’s cheap reproduction : PASTICHE
22-across – Graceful and selective when mixed with crushed ice : SVELTE
23-across – It could be the outline’s forgotten name : SILHOUETTE
24-across – Transcribe author’s 8 : BEAU
25-across – I’ve sworn academic men fry bananas dry on the outside : PARDON
26-across – See 25 : MYFRENCH
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Single composer’s part is on the rise : BACHELOR
2-down – Youngster’s muscles are essential to physical fitness : CALF
3-down – Perhaps one from the border, with railway leading to mine : COLLIE
4-down – Cleaner pines for tool of the trade, or so it’s said : MRSMOPP
5-down – Last unit once used : CONTINUE
6-down – Reincarnation of alternative culture does not begin in part of Scotland : FUTURELIFE
7-down – Legal document served on the man makes us squirm : WRITHE
13-down – Eight and awfully quiet in there : NIGHTSHADE
16-down – … having lost colour, the source of such music : NOCTURNE
18-down – Charm of arrival : ENTRANCE
19-down – Dark type of story : BEDTIME
21-down – A difficulty reported at the top : APICAL
22-down – Witness the departure of defeat : SEEOFF
24-down – Buzzer with quiet warning sound : BEEP
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.