This crossword No. 25993 clues and answers were published on Sat 06 Jul 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25993 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Side’s phoney complaints : DISEASES
9-across – Extremely happy and sensible around animals : HYENAS
10-across – Eg Newcastle and Liverpool matches : SEES
11-across – Singer may help her trace of Mancunian accent : SEAMSTRESS
12-across – Key for Anglo-Saxon instrument : ASHARP
14-across – See surgeon in cosy armchair : LOVESEAT
15-across – Sirenians frighten divers ultimately : SEACOWS
17-across – Seamen set out across Spithead together : ENMASSE
20-across – Tea was brought back home inside cutter : CHAINSAW
22-across – Drive enemy back into grass : TEEOFF
23-across – Catch embarrassed paparazzo : REDSNAPPER
24-across – Not one of 5 2 Mussorgsky carried about : ROSS
25-across – It braces one during a run : SEAAIR
26-across – Painter appears in sombrero, usually : ROUSSEAU
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Hangers-on seen off by local manager : LICENSEE
2-down – See 5 : SEAS
3-down – Exhausts cause supercharger’s casing to drop off : USESUP
4-down – Blue liquid ready to be applied : USEABLE
5-down – No match in the ’70s for ancient mariner’s domain? : THESEVEN
6-down – Bloomer made by Scottish team at bottom of table : HEARTSEASE
7-down – Naval apprentice upset initially by this? : NAUSEA
13-down – Short item about cold northern swimmer : ARCTICSEAL
16-down – Cable tackles Conservative know-all : WISEACRE
18-down – New candidate prefers this group to include a female : SAFESEAT
19-down – Work during conflict in Times shown on successive days? : TWOPART
21-down – What the Observer did, he did to the Listener : HEEDED
22-down – Neckwear that’s almost too risqué is banned : TORQUE
24-down – Spots rook on tree : RASH
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.