This crossword No. 28955 clues and answers were published on Sat 31 Dec 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 28955 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – See 17 : IMAGING
5-across – The late tragic Jesse Owens? : ATHLETE
9-across – Look to cover the centre of wound dressing : GAUZE
10-across – Real gold, 24 ct, I fancy : AUTHENTIC
11-across – Hapless fellow finally dines: terribly posh establishments with awful working conditions : SWEATSHOPS
12-across – See 4 : ONES
14-across – Unorthodox priest with job providing inspiration to dance : TERPSICHORE
18-across – Secret family decree in advance : CLANDESTINE
21-across – Call round : RING
22-across – One egg and one roast cooked for starters : INITIATORS
25-across – Unlikely relief at chancellor’s contribution : FATCHANCE
26-across – Grumpy pirate’s not quiet : IRATE
27-across – Permission to take off uniform in misleading nice clue : LICENCE
28-across – Jews initially hate allowing skirts to be pulled back : HASIDIM
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Eat for a laugh, as they say : INGEST
2-down – Tickled by 14 for one in the current era : AMUSED
3-down – Nice small top slips — being embraced by one naked causes awkwardness : INEPTITUDE
4-down – Show anger in a different way: he’s a gent, sincere at heart : GNASH
5-down – Perhaps it’s a pain having to eat trout’s head for starters : ANTIPASTI
6-down – What’s up with the Spanish setter’s instruction? : HEEL
7-down – Start of exercise with 10, repeated thus on right muscle : EXTENSOR
8-down – In finale, Johnny at last became monetised : ENCASHED
13-down – Outlines school team playing pieces regularly : SCHEMATICS
15-down – See 17 : RESONANCE
16-down – Sneering at origins of severe cases of rampant new flu variant : SCORNFUL
17-down – Way to test attractive and unusual scenario: men becoming mature! : MAGNETIC
19-down – Occasionally in the present, as well as in the past : NOWAND
20-down – Lauder mascara’s top value : ESTEEM
23-down – See 4 : TEETH
24-down – See 19 : THEN
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.