This crossword No. 25772 clues and answers were published on Sat 20 Oct 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25772 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Swift in dialect after choice literary papers : PICKWICK
5-across – Subject accepting right line on map : TROPIC
9-across – Report broadcast first to a South African city : PRETORIA
10-across – Scout’s word — but what about Cobden? : HONOUR
12-across – Banish fish that swallowed a British coin? : EXPEL
13-across – Main entrance for admitting small boy to do wrong : FRONTDOOR
14-across – Dismissed at cricket many times, admit then expel from our streets : RUNOUTOFTOWN
18-across – Cricketer makes Spooner’s shedder of tears give up the habit : WICKETKEEPER
21-across – A paint spread around in the past, where it’s said to be somewhat chilly : PATAGONIA
23-across – Gloomy audiologist? : DREAR
24-across – Agricultural school? : HARROW
25-across – 18’s neighbour needing a built-up shoe? : SHORTLEG
26-across – Quite fair? : PRETTY
27-across – Attempt to score a goal at tennis? : DROPSHOT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Nominal payment to one boosting hackneyed stuff with a tear : PEPPER
2-down – Pyramid builder finds point of life in food : CHEOPS
3-down – Crustacean, died in the wool, with flower : WOODLOUSE
4-down – Factotum, one among two preparing food, with other two let into party with hesitation : CHIEFCOOKAND
6-down – Where to sleep with ruler? : ROOST
7-down – Etiquette demanding return of crazy lethargy, or not? : PROTOCOL
8-down – See 1 : CORNRENT
11-down – See 4 : BOTTLEWASHER
15-down – Mistakenly lifted sentence of closure for study in the country : FIELDTRIP
16-down – Sappho’s problem about who’s leader of barter centre : SWAPSHOP
17-down – Salmond’s aim to be getting away with it? : SCOTFREE
19-down – Having a lot of money is breaking the law : WEALTH
20-down – See 10 : BRIGHT
22-down – Good entertainer maybe 1 down’s : GHOST
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.