This crossword No. 26400 clues and answers were published on Sat 25 Oct 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26400 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Bust into alternative artist’s group that’ll 8 1s : ORCHESTRA
10-across – Toll to import rare gem : PEARL
11-across – A little molehill on knobbly round mound : KNOLL
12-across – Heartlessly tricking society through PM’s novel … : CONINGSBY
13-across – … the fellow’s party chronicles : HISTORY
14-across – Abandoned 8ers not at 1 : CASTOFF
17-across – Joe Biden, say, turned on English in vexation : PEEVE
19-across – Extremely gruesome story keeps providing solution to all 1 and no 8 : GET
20-across – A woman, undressed after symbolic resistance, gets bouquet : AROMA
21-across – Back to location of damned old 8 : OTHELLO
22-across – Spin and dodge 1 you can 8 : PRELUDE
24-across – Vagrant tramp’s son, his 1 is to 8 : SPORTSMAN
26-across – Bank, with hesitation, produces one of eight? : ROWER
28-across – See 19 : ALIFE
29-across – Digital tools capture data : NAILFILES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Labour’s dispute about tip from Kinnock : WORK
2-down – Head off agents whose 1 is to 8 : ACTORS
3-down – Way to record music, two dances including cover of tango : REELTOREEL
4-down – Awkward moment? Extremely sorry about it : STICKY
5-down – Wide cravat conceals trendy lining : WAINSCOT
6-down – Begin the games, running round : OPEN
7-down – Old lady is French, large and round, showing way to 8 a 1 : MAESTOSO
8-down – 1 that’s not 1? : PLAY
13-down – River dweller in river : HIPPO
15-down – Step on ship — it’ll make 8 1 : STAGECRAFT
16-down – Fellow inadequate as a lover : FLAME
18-down – Land with patio, ie ground around front of house : ETHIOPIA
19-down – 21 turning up in spirit, with good hygienic habits : GROOMING
22-down – Princess interrupts high kick in the buff : PUNDIT
23-down – Where Ban Ki-moon gets water needing treatment? : UNWELL
24-down – Small, standard box : SPAR
25-down – Not US close to Soviet border : THEM
27-down – Touching way you could thus link 1 and 8 : REST
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.