This crossword No. 26968 clues and answers were published on Sat 20 Aug 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26968 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Quick easy victory, something precious about it : PROMPT
4-across – Creative mind taking an age to orbit Pluto : EDISON
9-across – See 3 : EGGS
10-across – Golden fur is a euro — that’s fake? : AURIFEROUS
11-across – Bum soaked, last of water going in with both taps : WRETCH
12-across – Growth of many branches as US retailer backs Scandinavian currency : SYCAMORE
13-across – Threw good 9s like this? Some initially getting caught : UNSADDLED
15-across – Pastry dish for lunch about noon, originally : FLAN
16-across – Where tools may be dropped : SHED
17-across – Hearing nothing, notes fade badly : STONEDEAF
21-across – Weapon — but isn’t Jerry a pacifist? : TOMAHAWK
22-across – Pure way to cut meat : VESTAL
24-across – Cold as 9? : HARDBOILED
25-across – Deep fried successor for Nietzsche? : RICH
26-across – Not entirely leporine animal, an equine badger! : HARASS
27-across – Smart putting waste collector behind skip for a start : SNAPPY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Secure banking payment, crude stuff : PIGIRON
2-down – Start acting? : ONSET
3-down – Slovakia and Jamaica : POACHED
5-down – Bored, it’s suggested, with one in ruin : DEFACE
6-down – Run off and drained like 9? : SCRAMBLED
7-down – News about diversion of route — no charge for it : NEUTRON
8-down – Smart as a cyanide-laced salad? : DRESSEDTOKILL
14-down – A law together with sovereign pontiff : ALEXANDER
16-down – Bear most upset over a chimp, no little monkey : STOMACH
18-down – Nothing very exciting nearby, both heading northward from Reno, say? : NEVADAN
19-down – Some boxing leading to riot : ANARCHY
20-down – Little time in short tragedy, it’s noted : FAMOUS
23-down – Bind bits up : STRAP
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.