This crossword No. 26723 clues and answers were published on Sat 07 Nov 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26723 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Dunce may have this one castrated : CAPON
10-across – Overseas ruler making figure of 8s : BRITANNIA
11-across – K-Y stain unfortunately left after game with hookers : RUSTYNAIL
12-across – Become registered company in US once name changed to Lambert : ENROL
13-across – Hand over!, said one primarily into money : OVATION
15-across – Backing group into rock’n’roll is Busted, apparently : TOPLESS
17-across – Fish no 18 worries : FRETS
18-across – See 16 : DOG
20-across – Pants, if just 15 : AWFUL
22-across – Standard stop signal in song : REDFLAG
25-across – Funny reaction in left ear, when raving about Fifty Shades of Grey? : ALLERGY
26-across – Caught one fish that’s smoked : CIGAR
27-across – KFC business, not half struggling, must take in a thousand before ends meet : BUCKSFIZZ
30-across – Works in a store sadly after college : CREATIONS
31-across – Cavalryman backed in National Hunt : UHLAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Bit of caviare cat’s taken up a tree : ACER
2-down – Rat-a-tat in advance : APOSTATE
3-down – Sweet 15 guy : ANDY
4-down – Got a bit done at work : OBTAINED
5-down – KLM and I flipping get around! : GIMLET
6-down – Hotel option when you’ve come to visit : WAKEUPCALL
7-down – Wrong ’un gets tortured now and then : UNTRUE
8-down – See 26 : TAIL
13-down – Show 15 chest : OFFER
14-down – Setter has 11, drunk in isolation : INSULARITY
16-down – KD Lang’s unnamed toy boy’s half crazy : SALTY
19-down – Doctor agrees I can initially get fit to Olympic standards? : GRAECISE
21-down – Convincing Catholic to wear odd habit : FORCIBLE
23-down – Determined to find horse in dictionary under D : DOGGED
24-down – KGB captures one relative : GIBSON
26-down – The definitive K9 18 : COCK
28-down – KO certain, without reaching last round : SOUR
29-down – Mad as the last one, the one before last : ZANY
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.