This crossword No. 26083 clues and answers were published on Sat 19 Oct 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26083 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Poke one’s nose into group of servicemen with a candid humour, leading to hospital : MESSAROUNDWITH
9-across – Action that doesn’t take place in Union St : NONSUIT
10-across – Robin’s mate’s second in one increase? : BATSMAN
11-across – Give up the harvest : YIELD
12-across – Transporter : TRIERARCH
13-across – Mention of a mechanical piece in the isthmus : NAMECHECK
14-across – Norman ruler starts to be added to the jackpot : ROLLO
15-across – Complaint as of the murmuring of innumerable bees? : HIVES
17-across – Reduce status of dog warden? : DOWNGRADE
20-across – Indian city’s veto on quantity : BANGALORE
22-across – Compare plant with symbiotic fungus, say : LIKEN
23-across – Sort of box for little gentlemen in trouble : NESTING
24-across – An island at back of Russian girl : TATIANA
25-across – See 6 : UNDERTHEBRIDGE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – What generates interest is Araucaria’s home hosting one old Greek king : MONEYINTHEBANK
2-down – Ray to be replacing Rhode Island in Dutch Guiana : SUNBEAM
3-down – Awfully cute little quadruplets that hold 6 : AQUEDUCTS
4-down – 6 animal loses tail and so on turning up inside with a group : OCTETTE
5-down – Get a taste of ink in the club? : NIBLICK
6-down – Deterrent rebid, Waugh’s work for passing time? : WATER
7-down – Vehicle submerged in a sea of lost umbrellas : TUMBREL
8-down – See 21 : ONTHEOCEANWAVE
14-down – Cycle of duty with pistol has backing : REGULATOR
16-down – Meat in the oven is only half cooked : VENISON
17-down – Medicine man should be here as rainmaker? : DROUGHT
18-down – Fight with the French after peace : WRESTLE
19-down – Embarrassed by prize that contains little power : AWKWARD
21-down – Freefone between Alison and Theodore, a new arrangement in the first home to which the marines marched : ALIFE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.