This crossword No. 25927 clues and answers were published on Sat 20 Apr 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25927 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – US tip: party is at hotel over the weekend : BAKSHISH
5-across – Having grown attached, had a meal : ADNATE
9-across – Artillery formerly suppressed resistance : ORDNANCE
10-across – Literary doctor’s agenda ignores hospital : WATSON
12-across – After tea, engineer got on at a station in Tennessee : CHATTANOOGA
15-across – Kick out expert right away, then lecturer : EXPEL
17-across – Run into it in need of refreshing food : NUTRITION
18-across – Philip, say, gets excellent backing for business groups : CONSORTIA
19-across – Dame Elisabeth started with indistinct sound : SCHWA
20-across – Irish socialist usurps my credit? It couldn’t be simpler : IRREDUCIBLE
24-across – Challenge inconclusive victory somewhere in Australia : DARWIN
25-across – Jaws writer clutches armpit : MAXILLAE
26-across – On holiday, say, and just up out of bed : AWEIGH
27-across – Least reliable butcher likes wrapping article in paper : FLAKIEST
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – 10 and 21’s field, where being concise is silly, when no good comes from it : BIOSCIENCE
2-down – Taking a snooze after a ransom? : KIDNAPPING
3-down – Where deer stores energy? : HEART
4-down – One’s bent perhaps, not broken, kept in safe : SECONDNATURE
6-down – Drastic changes suppress mother’s tantrums : DRAMATICS
7-down – Part of church a priest should enter first : APSE
8-down – Wise to avoid independent Irish banker : ERNE
11-down – Furiously parp to call over last of taximen : TOOTHANDNAIL
13-down – State of beauty with power to captivate the Italian? : DISHABILLE
14-down – English males get sandwiches after a fight : ENGAGEMENT
16-down – Treatment of celeb left clearing the air? : LIONISING
21-down – Neck problem — Kent’s regulars don’t finish game : CRICK
22-down – Dame’s premature end : EDNA
23-down – Slow down bypassing Kelvin Hill in Glasgow : BRAE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.