This crossword No. 28297 clues and answers were published on Sat 21 Nov 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 28297 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Type of crab a long time in retreat : HERMITAGE
9-across – The Parisian put on 21, right away : BEETLE
10-across – Forgetting a 21’s on, or is off : SCORPIONS
11-across – Once again sinks back : SPIDER
12-across – Dorothy cut 18 about 9, 11 or 13? : ARTHROPOD
13-across – Swinging Sixties model’s out of fashion : SHRIMP
17-across – Eg 2 or 9 runabout after part exchange : CAR
19-across – Atmospheric phenomena going round our area : AURORAE
20-across – Joy, perhaps, as adult child entertains mother : ADAMSON
21-across – Mafia boss with no love for Trump : CAP
23-across – Something delicious drunk in 10 17 across : NECTAR
27-across – Ransack home outside university : SEAURCHIN
28-across – Do well getting duck cooked in its own fat? : CONFIT
29-across – French department’s given the runaround initially : TORTOISES
30-across – Unreal images screened by one idol, anonymously : EIDOLA
31-across – Be doing what Puck’s done? That would be troublesome! : BESETTING
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Lead someone’s cortege : ESCORT
3-down – Changes seamlessly from 13, cooking duck for one : MORPHS
4-down – Journey taking in too much for three-legged one : TRIPOD
5-down – Do long trips on a boat : GONDOLA
6-down – Stay in front, using one’s loaf to slyly look up answer first : KEEPAHEAD
7-down – Most dull and uninspiring diet’s got agitated about ‘seconds’ : STODGIEST
8-down – 18 by the Queen, breaking into cancan? : TERRAPINS
14-down – 17 acrosses able to be moved around without gas : BARNACLES
15-down – Eg 10 and 11s doctors had in 17 acrosses : ARACHNIDS
16-down – Mother meets daughter in Texas city that she left earlier : ARMADILLO
17-down – HDMI feature included in device controls : CEC
18-down – Blame US chat shows? : RAP
22-down – Solvent working at once : ACETONE
24-down – Model with topless career : TURTLE
25-down – Rock school? It’s rocking! : SCHIST
26-down – French novelist working as Hebrew judge : GIDEON
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.