This crossword No. 27370 clues and answers were published on Sat 02 Dec 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27370 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Dupe contrived by 13, spurious : TRUMPEDUP
6-across – 13 requiring help to carry gold : SOROS
9-across – 13’s scandal ends? : GATES
10-across – I prefer women, not men, to build strength in the military : FIREPOWER
11-across – General protected side : LEE
12-across – Very primitive voting system dubious American boxing club’s backing : PRECAMBRIAN
14-across – French philosopher produced European nonsense : DIDEROT
15-across – Pastoral poem in English — contrary effort in one of these? : ECLOGUE
16-across – 13 philanthropist’s back on strike : BUFFETT
19-across – Difficult situation as family briefly hampered by rejection of terms : SKIDROW
22-across – Excerpt in story, heading off for settlement : ARBITRATION
23-across – Setter of crosswords, uncensored : SUN
24-across – Talk with composer, 13 : SPIELBERG
26-across – Experience in short, short : INCUR
27-across – Poor choice ultimately in US president lacking knowledge : NEEDY
28-across – Primitive house breaks in a serious way : EARNESTLY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Fastened to goods, was in the van : TOGGLED
2-down – Gradual increase arguably prudent : UPTREND
3-down – Tense has never been wrong? : PASTPERFECT
4-down – Divert first of lorries in error : DEFLECT
5-down – Sticker put in hole for conveyance : PORTAGE
6-down – Among fools, a prize idiot : SAP
7-down – 13 investing pound in sport : ROWLING
8-down – Funny series following outsiders in secret : STRANGE
13-down – 9, for example, one: one with loaded aura? : BILLIONAIRE
16-down – Supporter and partners working for 13 : BRANSON
17-down – Winter bug, running a temperature : FEBRILE
18-down – Horizontal bar to catch, the showbiz suspense ends : TRAPEZE
19-down – Nightingale possibly biting head of terrified wasp, say? : STINGER
20-down – Not sweet to stuff bags of diamonds, perhaps? : ROSECUT
21-down – Get virtual goddess, 13 : WINFREY
25-down – Arrange song : LAY
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.