This crossword No. 27244 clues and answers were published on Sat 08 Jul 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27244 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Plaintiff framing base journalist : SUBEDITOR
6-across – No stomach for bottle in small restaurant : CAFE
8-across – Artist having a bash, after performing in Shakespearean role : LEONARDO
9-across – See 19 : MANTEL
10-across – At the outset, orphan donning shoes is buoyant : FLOATS
11-across – Author is assimilating magazine covered by poet and inner self : DANIELLE
12-across – Arrogant nonsense after winning : UPPISH
15-across – Right losing ten in split, likely to respond under stress : REACTIVE
16-across – Oz native finding everyone in action outrageously offensive, initially : WALLAROO
19-across – Try a name to conjure with in bluff author : HILARY
21-across – End with short break in Spain, getting the most out of it? : TIPSIEST
22-across – Believer in a single cause working in film : MONIST
24-across – Author in prime of life, aspire grotesquely to shroud it in darkness : MURIEL
25-across – Cuckoo stealing 500 kerchiefs : BANDANAS
26-across – Composer partial to rubber gloves : BERG
27-across – Excavation in Egyptian capital with illustrations including hieroglyphs, primarily : EARTHWORK
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 11 : STEEL
2-down – Asian mountain dog ultimately a boxer : BENGALI
3-down – Author interfering with ambassador is less ingratiating : DORIS
4-down – Thus custom-made also, equestrian doesn’t require one : TOORDER
5-down – Agonising marathon laps beginning to bite where one would take a dip : ROMANBATH
6-down – Scam posted for approval : CONSENT
7-down – Sybarite requires some cash to host dance : FREELIVER
13-down – Common utterance from first character in passion play : PLATITUDE
14-down – Author runs into footballer in fabled loser : HARPERLEE
17-down – See 3 : LESSING
18-down – Time for a revolution has to be right under our callous leaders : OCTOBER
20-down – In days of yore, Queen’s ending silence in Game of Thrones? : LONGAGO
22-down – Artist to chew over : MUNCH
23-down – See 24 : SPARK
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.