This crossword No. 25664 clues and answers were published on Sat 16 Jun 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25664 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Accurately reproduced version of Largo, conflated with hip-hop act : PHOTOGRAPHICAL
8-across – A desire to get a letter : AITCH
9-across – Maybe reckon about 50-50 one’s not wearing a tie : ROLLNECK
11-across – Thinning out bureaucracy as indexed? : TAPERED
12-across – Partisan in 27 reported solver’s bust : YORKIST
13-across – Tito’s hunchbacks : GOBBI
15-across – Rhyming letters? I would say not: it’s hermaphrodite : SNAILMAIL
17-across – Go with a winner to make wood for Beatles : NORWEGIAN
20-across – Name of girl in the CPR : NADIA
21-across – Deal with cars etc : TRAFFIC
23-across – Maximum base to give setter a home : MEANEST
25-across – Pollster’s in building with joker : HUMORIST
26-across – Opposition to English subject : THEME
27-across – Weak leading man’s breaking goods in horticultural contests : WARSOFTHEROSES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Devise beliefs about silver brooms in 27 : PLANTAGENETS
2-down – Sink number coming up in the first place : ONTOP
3-down – 12 emblem rendered differently : OTHERWISE
4-down – Emblem of 16 moved altar back : REREDOS
5-down – Syrian girlfriend produces toddy : PALMYRA
6-down – Local monarch next to magpie : INNER
7-down – Church interrupting an irreverent boy : ARCHIBALD
10-down – Strength and loyalty saw slatterns put straight : STALWARTNESS
14-down – A French nobleman turned up on Hebridean island to fish : BARRACUDA
16-down – Actors in a way on right side in 27 : LANCASTER
18-down – Distance that is key to being high up on shield : INCHIEF
19-down – Absolutely unequal to cancelling game? : NOMATCH
22-down – Novel river with candy : FLOSS
24-down – First off numbers 50-50 : EVENS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.