This crossword No. 25814 clues and answers were published on Sat 08 Dec 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25814 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Large flat round burger — ultimately good North American food : CORNDOG
5-across – See 23 : CHICKEN
10-across – Danke translated almost as German vehicle : MERC
11-across – That which controls temperature by a few switches about right? : THERMOSTAT
12-across – Swan in prison, no finale for Shakespearean actor : JACOBI
13-across – Chinese food : MANDARIN
14-across – Cheap rope, funny in knots : FOURPENNY
16-across – See 23 : FRIED
17-across – Baby son on show : SPROG
19-across – Personnel not quite catching on, journalist incapable in the end, picking nothing up? : STONEDEAF
23-across – Here crunchiest kind of battered North American food : SOUTHERN
24-across – Writer munching food so unnatural? A North American food : BIGMAC
26-across – Rejecting dog, gourmet after milky mixture including eggs for a start, as North American food : KEYLIMEPIE
27-across – Nation formerly in my command? : IRAN
28-across – Revolutionary, for example, with report to carry : GESTATE
29-across – Virtuous type has a drop hidden away : STASHED
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Herb taking North American food, gobbling horse up : OREGANO
3-down – North American food, bit chipped off? : NACHO
4-down – Cricketers back in the pavilion, or in the field, perhaps? : OUTSIDE
6-down – Hash is on my right, North American food : HOMINY
7-down – Island with something black, another colour featured prominently as well : COSTARRED
8-down – Cut up Paul’s check : EXAMINE
9-down – Many captivated by new image, plan for English town : LEAMINGTONSPA
15-down – Tenant wanted agent to include Turkish capital in search : ROOMTOLET
18-down – Language unit — I await your call? : PHONEME
20-down – Certainly not confirmed as most imperial : NOBLEST
21-down – Quickly found an expert like Fred Astaire? : ATAPACE
22-down – Frog’s uphill walk about 880 yards? : KERMIT
25-down – See 6 : GRITS
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.