This crossword No. 25981 clues and answers were published on Sat 22 Jun 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25981 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Murky ratholes housing black anteater : SLOTHBEAR
6-across – A game breeder : STUD
10-across – Eighteenth channel, perhaps, running back from an organ : RENAL
11-across – See mistake, reduced cost next to nothing : BISHOPRIC
12-across – Privileged individual in communist is revolutionary : INSIDER
13-across – Getting all those in attendance into shelter, one succeeds : LEGATEE
14-across – US concert venue, Spooner’s pit for all-singing, all-dancing entertainment? : HOLLYWOODBOWL
17-across – Boycott’s indomitable spirit, perhaps, that keeps Bradford’s roads passable in winter? : YORKSHIREGRIT
21-across – Why the punishment? : WHATFOR
22-across – Duck stuffed with trimmings of roast deer cooked for a stickler for naval etiquette? : QUARTER
24-across – Perception of physical attributes failing to impress Amy, I suspect? : BODYIMAGE
25-across – Fashionable to write crosswords as a secondary newspaper feature? : INSET
26-across – Get some stick? : TWIG
27-across – Damage is down to a tree : SATINWOOD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Reliable hand : STRAIGHT
2-down – Napoleon’s speech in breaking sanctions : OINKS
3-down – Surgery on thyroid and facial features primarily cause of congestion? : HOLIDAYTRAFFIC
4-down – Restriction that’s overturned nothing to excite me : EMBARGO
5-down – Corrosion was in the van, so took stock : RUSTLED
7-down – Detail the villain squeezing lightly at first, as strangler : THROTTLER
8-down – See 22 : DECKER
9-down – Paul helping to support Central African area, welcoming opening of land mass : CONGLOMERATION
15-down – Natural sunblock ideally in jars : LEYLANDII
16-down – Wind I treated, repeated! : ITERATED
18-down – Better proposition under squire, every so often : SURPASS
19-down – Hearing top foreign number, undaunted, Eurovision songstress timidly starts : INQUEST
20-down – Singer’s inspiring front lifted, appearing cheap : TWOBIT
23-down – Chain exhibited in magistrates’ court : TESCO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.