The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27860 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 27860 clues and answers were published on Sat 29 Jun 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27860 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossConvincing bonus involving a collection of 7 with no beginning : PLAUSIBLE
6-acrossSomething tossed to erstwhile president interrupting erstwhile monarch : CABER
9-acrossRow about origin of ginger cat : TIGER
10-acrossMental aberration — losing head — in spell of bad weather : RAINSTORM
11-acrossTime’s coming up for instructions to cobbler : LASTORDERS
12-acrossAddict — one accessing website? : USER
14-acrossWarning to amusing person : CAUTION
15-acrossCut the middle out, having had haircut outside : SHORTEN
17-acrossTime to level about gym featuring acrobat’s apparatus : TRAPEZE
19-acrossUndertaking to stick out : PROJECT
20-acrossStrike copper with substantial volume : CUFF
22-acrossCorrupt love securing endless period : ADULTERATE
25-acrossDreamtime in which folk actor hugs former Tory leader : MIDSUMMER
26-acrossGet together, backing train losing both ends : UNITE
27-acrossRoot 26 across in the Home Counties : SWEDE
28-acrossTook part, bearing left, and finished : COMPLETED

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Telephonist’s beginning to ring round for part of flower : PETAL
2-down – Bark in distress about love offered to Universal Artists : ANGOSTURA
3-down – Preachy type with two little homes round about Day One : SERMONISER
4-down – Composer’s waste disposal unit containing old fishing equipment : BORODIN
5-down – Those who have left after fourth part of Peter Grimes, upset : EMIGRES
6-down – Shell is something for detective to crack : CASE
7-down – Weep about securing adequate reserves : BOOKS
8-down – Involuntary behaviour leading sometime chancellor to painter : REMBRANDT
13-down – Gay 10 mouse with halo slipping : HOMOSEXUAL
14-down – Musical involving a search for burial places : CATACOMBS
16-down – Believer receiving punishment from practitioner : THERAPIST
18-down – Prevalent 23 improbably in charge : ENDEMIC
19-down – Turned cheek to dour traveller : PILGRIM
21-down – Sweet but unsatisfactory compromise : FUDGE
23-down – Correct journalist in pieces? On the contrary : EMEND
24-down – Fibre supplying 19 across with energy : JUTE

This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.

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