This crossword No. 25802 clues and answers were published on Sat 24 Nov 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25802 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Talk in which girl says she rambles, as 6 complains about cooking ingredient : PARSLEY
5-across – Enjoying oneself? Good man! : BONKING
9-across – Lady requiring oxygen for something catching? : LASSO
10-across – Family trips not starting, I abandon path : ANCESTRAL
11-across – See 1 : ISGHARSLEY
12-across – Grouse to swallow? : BEEF
14-across – Impairments stabilised, one doubly mobile : DISABILITIES
18-across – Get-together — in what way a hive of activity, did you say? : HOUSEWARMING
21-across – Bouncer releasing king from impossible choke : ECHO
22-across – Suspicious-looking, fishy, yet astonishing journalist : SHIFTYEYED
25-across – Bird perhaps, given malicious gossip, hit back : PARTRIDGE
26-across – Old key for lift : EXALT
27-across – Male fed a bit of corn oil primarily, where cakes available? : TEAROOM
28-across – Star turn in a star : SINATRA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Part of the body, the sound of Peking? : PELVIS
2-down – Step down first of stairs to break rule : RESIGN
3-down – Love all? Take less time and skill — mixed doubles : LOOKALIKES
4-down – Poet finds the mark of a leech on food : YEATS
5-down – Poking bottom, I react badly, finding E coli, perhaps? : BACTERIUM
6-down – Partial to pavilion, as Hanoverian architect : NASH
7-down – King held up by goddess for nationals : ISRAELIS
8-down – See 20 : GOLDFISH
13-down – Pulse -— bendy sort — pulse, ultimately, one gobbled by family : KIDNEYBEAN
15-down – Sea with exclamation of discovery about bats being upside-down — or, perhaps, 6 on 23? : ADAMHADEM
16-down – 20 8 by 6, perhaps, or from the poet Whitehead? : OHWETPET
17-down – Happy house passed around by rising river — that’s extreme happiness! : EUPHORIA
19-down – Bully’s heartless right-wing bombast : TYRANT
20-down – Good deal of this ornate creation of 6, perhaps : ODETOA
23-down – Unwelcome visitors, first of aliens being upset about it : FLEAS
24-down – Three’s crowd trouble, if head to toe : TRIO
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.