This crossword No. 26190 clues and answers were published on Sat 22 Feb 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26190 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Fancy rogue and tall yob : LAGERLOUT
10-across – One despising another mad character half-heartedly : HATER
11-across – Herb that’s trendy with duck wings on rosemary : CHICORY
12-across – Word used in separation — a snip, say? : GOODBYE
13-across – Con man : ROOK
14-across – Unit chatted about outstanding soldiers : DETACHMENT
15-across – Make roughly a hundred rowers minus a thousand : COARSEN
17-across – Fish to eat by river while lying back : SARDINE
19-across – University on the border studying speech : LIPREADING
22-across – Half of house missed : SEMI
23-across – A city doubled in number? : NEWYORK
24-across – Carol, after a drink, flirting : TEASING
26-across – Company crushed by priest, a sickener : ECOLI
27-across – A risible dickhead floundering as Mandela interpreter : IDRISELBA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Exciting total one’s charged for heating : ELECTRICBLANKET
2-down – Rowling character shaving head and bottom, sparkling stuff in general : AGRICOLA
3-down – A proportion of popular vote for Australian PM : ARVO
4-down – Popular political veteran an insubstantial figure, according to Spooner? : TONYBENN
5-down – Mark, Athenian character shackling Turkish leader : STIGMA
6-down – Sex neither this nor that? : THEOTHER
7-down – Secure horses : STABLE
8-down – Author writing about men — his weren’t gay : ERNESTHEMINGWAY
16-down – Crush something underfoot — hurry up! : STEPONIT
17-down – Hygienic topless bar — madness? : SANITARY
18-down – Poisonous jerks lie in bed : INEDIBLE
20-down – Work having arisen, duck into internet meeting : POWWOW
21-down – Antelope bringing up a couple of children : DIKDIK
25-down – A capital’s musicians on top : ALSO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.