This crossword No. 25538 clues and answers were published on Sat 21 Jan 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25538 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Elusive element in 8’s beast, hot about dealing with listener : RAREEARTH
10-across – Wear out child killer: he drops his H’s : ERODE
11-across – 8’s boy taking his time to prevail? : WINSLOW
12-across – Hypothesise reversal of infected matter with attitude : SUPPOSE
13-across – Russian front one ahead? : IVAN
14-across – It’s a fag going back after standard coreless apple with limited movement : PARAPLEGIC
15-across – With friction reduced, when in grip of gluttony : GREASED
17-across – Ibsen character in credit gets cheese : CHEDDAR
19-across – City’s head girl swallows many outer layers of cell : ECTOPLASMS
22-across – Norman name for girl attending stag : HART
23-across – Be right in midst of liquid refreshment? : SOBERUP
24-across – Month missing last or first way to reason : APRIORI
26-across – Being poor lacks happy ending, that’s obvious : OVERT
27-across – You are heard first following anxiety about love and the pink stuff : ANGOSTURA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – 8’s helper with gravy is oven-ready initially to be cooked : BROWNINGVERSION
2-down – Forget an irregular piece of land before building : FRONTAGE
3-down – See 22 : NELL
4-down – Bird to come to earth in Lincolnshire : CROWLAND
5-down – Demonstrative article is repeated by Murdoch … : THESEA
6-down – … taking in what could be peeled, but not completely, by 8 : DEEPBLUE
7-down – Farewell note follows ancient lawgiver : SOLONG
8-down – Playwright, ancient one, sounding cross with recalcitrant horse : TERENCERATTIGAN
16-down – 8’s brand copies arising without terrible battle : SEPARATE
17-down – Sustained attempts to link East Anglia river with most of Devon town : CAMPAIGN
18-down – Talks between digital and analogue are far from complete : DIALOGUE
20-down – See 16 : TABLES
21-down – A quiet piece of ringing has its attraction : APPEAL
25-down – 8’s county or sea : ROSS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.