This crossword No. 26388 clues and answers were published on Sat 11 Oct 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26388 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Not quite hang on, faced with hard chance : HAPPEN
4-across – Waste food? Rudely, the police are going to : PIGSWILL
9-across – I regret in the morning having knocked back something spicy : MASALA
10-across – Satisfied with top mark for speaking? Don’t take that literally : METAPHOR
11-across – For holiday, books trip for one, strangely wearing suit : AIRPORTFICTION
13-across – Begging to fix prison in Arctic : MENDICANCY
14-across – Anxious to put forward name for bender : KNEE
16-across – Writers wrong to hold book back : NIBS
18-across – Ev-en, sort of flat? : SPLITLEVEL
21-across – False emotion from which actors recoiled in play : CROCODILETEARS
23-across – In park with German, order to renew vows : RECOMMIT
24-across – Strange phenomenon of second sight? : DEJAVU
25-across – Waste small space for writing, wrongly filled : SPILLAGE
26-across – Mass, part of it for saint : MAGNUS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Prime minister’s residence : HOME
2-down – Powerful emotion as one goes in to die : PASSION
3-down – Some units upset almost falling over … : ELLIPSIS
5-down – … useless, 15, consumed with vice : INEFFECTIVE
6-down – Material examples of second team on board : SWATCH
7-down – Check long note coming from one I serve : ICHDIEN
8-down – Troublingly, an allergy affecting part of the throat : LARYNGEAL
12-down – Charging along a stretch of tarmac? : ROADPRICING
13-down – Chap is admitting restorative means hand jobs : MANICURES
15-down – A reduction of weight, drinking always juice : ALOEVERA
17-down – Rich? No travelling by British Airways : BRONCHI
19-down – Extremely arrogant, uprooting unknown plant : VERVAIN
20-down – Official room to feed horse : FORMAL
22-down – Makes fun of people’s appearance on radio : GUYS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.