This crossword No. 25550 clues and answers were published on Sat 04 Feb 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25550 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Back Nesbitt with one pound over beers here : PUBLICBAR
6-across – How to work with the foreign author of a 23 : MOLE
8-across – Fruit beds oust loss leader in springtime : APRICOTS
9-across – Capital is Bonaparte’s core Iberian destination in Fielding’s 23 : LISBON
10-across – Fixed savings account originally lacking insulting double-digit rises? : VSIGNS
11-across – As a favour, twice aim non-stop to turn over vote : EXGRATIA
12-across – Note shabby clothing for subject of a 23 : POOTER
15-across – Made quick call, ordering Kindle loaded with no-frills book : LOOKEDIN
16-across – Men in civil partnerships in 4’s destination? : HEBRIDES
19-across – Opposition wise, say, to implicate gravity after Soyuz regularly lost bits : SYZYGY
21-across – Writer is in Paris holding talks about Italy : ESSAYIST
22-across – 12 like inferior wine? : NOBODY
24-across – Draper perhaps, subject of a 23 : MADMAN
25-across – Take some credit for ward? : OVERDRAW
26-across – Interminably long time covered by Defoe’s 23 : YEAR
27-across – Correspondent’s last word after bank closes : SINCERELY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Various happy events haven’t escaped author of a 23 : PEPYS
2-down – Fielding’s heroine’s doctor tried to pen good book first : BRIDGET
3-down – Hagiolaters adore these pieces I set on top : ICONS
4-down – Author of a 23’s small intestine cramps : BOSWELL
5-down – I walk round institute beset by ground rules? : RELIGIOUS
6-down – Subject of a 23 in dubious arms deal one cut : MRSDALE
7-down – I confess supporting new painting upset treatment of star : LIONISING
13-down – Blow up at least 12 deliveries to gallery : OVERSTATE
14-down – Huge stars in Man Utd, as fans describe them? : REDGIANTS
17-down – Scale of river water in Seine lifted spirit : REAUMUR
18-down – Strike isn’t designed to comfort Jones’s Wall Street colleague : SITDOWN
20-down – On TV he breezed about absorbing energy for rear end : ZEBEDEE
22-down – Relative makes odd noises these days : NIECE
23-down – Daily Record’s inflammatory? Not half : DIARY
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.