This crossword No. 25969 clues and answers were published on Sat 08 Jun 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25969 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – 26 — and not bad : NORMAL
5-across – One thing put on another, as brains turn into fruit : APPLIQUE
9-across – 26 only about part of bishopric : MEDIOCRE
10-across – Gold told of song at sunrise : AUBADE
11-across – Kill flies? It sounds like hard work : SWAT
12-across – Make friends with bird eating French fruit? On the contrary : FRATERNISE
13-across – Make-up artist using a chemical modifier : ATONER
14-across – Land of the revolution: I have lost my short-sightedness : ETHIOPIA
16-across – Scriptures prescribe slowdown in theatrical margins : WRITINGS
19-across – Attack on bill : CHARGE
21-across – Bend connected with small piece : REFRACTION
23-across – Follower with story to tell : TAIL
24-across – 26 sense with fishy sound : COMMON
25-across – Sun in ceiling? : SKYLIGHT
26-across – Golden record entered by new bishop : ORDINARY
27-across – Cheat American guy, inserting Spanish article : DELUDE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Said to have acquired chopper when on the rocks : ONETWOTHREEFOUR
3-down – Give licking to setter with gun : MOISTEN
4-down – Devil at home possessed by glow-worms : LUCIFERIN
5-down – Say how old is 26 : AVERAGE
6-down – See 24 : PLACE
7-down – Icon smashed without prohibition by full judicial authority : INBANCO
8-down – 26 lingerie, say, with money I was effusive about : UNDISTINGUISHED
15-down – 26 East End journalist : HACKNEYED
17-down – Obstructions to first of the parallelograms twisted at the top : THROMBI
18-down – Accidents with liquid reported near Lindsey town : SPILSBY
20-down – Name kept by writer Diana for raised nest : ANTHILL
22-down – Conspirator sounded like a bad guy : CINNA
This crossword has in total 28 where 16 are across and 12 are down.