This crossword No. 25843 clues and answers were published on Sat 12 Jan 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25843 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Boy with great expectations owed extraordinary unknown quantity, shut up : PIPEDOWN
5-across – Reportedly spotted a hairy thing : SPIDER
9-across – Junket by Labour leader and shadow chancellor in shorts and shirt, sportingly : FOOTBALL
10-across – Those helping young people in bureau, nice folk : UNICEF
12-across – Cut around lakes with hard blade on the farm : PLOUGHSHARE
15-across – See 9 : STRIP
17-across – See 21 : THEROVERS
18-across – Still awaiting salesman to collect one carbon copy : REPLICATE
19-across – Body suits the wrong way round, facing initially to the rear : STIFF
20-across – Spin round gradually at first, following someone in restaurant, alluring type : SWEATERGIRL
24-across – See 23 : SPRING
25-across – Temporary suspension gives a diva a change of heart : ABEYANCE
26-across – One causing friction with sweetheart, finds plaything all soaped up? : RUBBER
27-across – Generous society lacking cobblers? : SELFLESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Struggle to overtake backmarkers in particular, hungry for some pie! : PUFFPASTRY
2-down – Still sexy, old fruit having bottom wiped in pub : PHOTOGRAPH
3-down – Base lifted, little word from caveman having to fix a computer : DEBUG
4-down – Satellite dish under woodwork for starters, possibly in a good position : WELLSITUATED
6-down – Dynamic Duo seen with person, slow and clumsy : PONDEROUS
7-down – See 26 : DUCK
8-down – One necked by an Elizabethan that’s uncultured, we hear : RUFF
11-down – Hollywood legend having come round dined on top of tall furniture item : GATELEGTABLE
13-down – Ability to recover home without deposit initially left one to invest : RESILIENCE
14-down – Value fuse, unless blown : USEFULNESS
16-down – 23 24 in this event is logical, not entirely in the pink : PUISSANCE
21-down – 9 15 : ROYOF
22-down – Old leader gets around houses : TSAR
23-down – Modern revolution grips Bahrain, internationally hated leaders getting ousted all over the place : ARAB
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.