This crossword No. 27423 clues and answers were published on Sat 03 Feb 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27423 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Dire Straits appearing in Cairo, Lichtenstein and Monaco, among others : ARTISTS
5-across – Ultimately, the swollen thyroid may be in a state : ENGLAND
9-across – Erotica in a little drama you finally produced : ADULT
10-across – Anger about half-cousin getting boost : ENCOURAGE
11-across – An Arab sultan, ignoring northern borders, turns a clean slate : TABULARASA
12-across – Viewers at last safe and all right : EYES
14-across – Disk tribute in one endless spread : DISTRIBUTION
18-across – Even a chemist falsified results : ACHIEVEMENTS
21-across – Woman right at all times : EVER
22-across – Skipping the introduction, brief look into past rewritten manuscript : PALIMPSEST
25-across – Get involved with gross revenue unit? Not us! : INTERVENE
26-across – Perfect trader declaration : IDEAL
27-across – Soft option, finally, that is stopping fast : LENIENT
28-across – Barber and clerk stripped youngster : TODDLER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Makes adjustments to suitable cutting plugs : ADAPTS
2-down – Tom’s hitches, when all clumsy : THUMBS
3-down – They go round the globe finding little trouble in rising oceans : SATELLITES
4-down – Cattle drive : STEER
5-down – Too much sex service right away is wrong : EXCESSIVE
6-down – Bitterness expressed in France once : GAUL
7-down – Obsessive on why they say relative having breakdown : ANALYSIS
8-down – Putting on clothes — something saucy? : DRESSING
13-down – Cross, nearly deceived over clue that’s reproduced : MULTIPLIED
15-down – News of athletes running around junction : THELATEST
16-down – See 9 : MATERIAL
17-down – Use intimidation in theatre with rising right national leader : THREATEN
19-down – Once again, ring to cancel : REPEAL
20-down – Winter’s Tale remake’s not as fresh : STALER
23-down – Awkward patient not at fault : INEPT
24-down – With nothing to do for love : FREE
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.