This crossword No. 26884 clues and answers were published on Sat 14 May 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26884 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Dirty dog’s ending in no little trouble : ILLGOTTEN
10-across – China in Japan, damage between the two : IMARI
11-across – Saving a little time, don’t stay to see opera singer : DOMINGO
12-across – Union supporter on course to return in Chinese dynasty : MEETING
13-across – Runner caught someone at the top : EXEC
14-across – Straggly branch OK with tall, hollow bush : BLACKTHORN
16-across – Painter, way less than a month through the alcohol : GAUGUIN
17-across – Picture lover in ecstasy during fling : CINEAST
19-across – Drooling, one throwing up during chant : SLOBBERING
22-across – Shake hands on mammal with flippers : SEAL
24-across – Bird I adore’s heading for flowering shrub : ROBINIA
25-across – Looking away when gran nude, is it surprising? : TURNING
26-across – See 25 : ASIDE
27-across – Leader, the best of the bunch? : TOPBANANA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Essentially, fat insects pumped with lead shot, then pared off : MIDDLEAGESPREAD
2-down – Torch, innocent thing in iron and gold : FLAMBEAU
3-down – Certain limit : BOUND
4-down – Giant captured by boy, well I never! : STROLLON
5-down – Briefly witty as some comic, I’m on guard being sent up : GNOMIC
6-down – Enjoy a furore very much : LIKESTINK
7-down – Las Vegas establishment equally popular, business raking it in : CASINO
8-down – Noted communication error mine, alert leader in government when trebly confused : SINGINGTELEGRAM
15-down – Spooner’s poem to Chelsea that may go to one’s head? : SUNBONNET
17-down – Monument, knock one up in church : CENOTAPH
18-down – A quality detailed, and among the best, as a nation’s aspiration for a better life : AMERICAN
20-down – Leg before wicket partly, one way to get out? : ONBAIL
21-down – US property concerned with key industry, ultimately : REALTY
23-down – See 18 : DREAM
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.