This crossword No. 26412 clues and answers were published on Sat 08 Nov 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26412 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Most cherished US state, where gun crime and drug trafficking are rife : FAVELA
4-across – County takes on workers : STAFFS
9-across – Song her partner picked up : HYMN
10-across – Don’t tell me! A modern composer in an old bowler? : SHANEWARNE
11-across – Rubber tree nearer India, across the river by all conclusions : ERASER
12-across – See 23 : PETERSON
13-across – Herb used to bandage limb, iodine then applied : SPEARMINT
15-across – Inscription in novella, no name? : ANON
16-across – Early man, firm and hard : SETH
17-across – Slimy scum in blaze, taking ages to put out : SLEAZEBAG
21-across – Confounded book imminent : BLOOMING
22-across – Take great pleasure in routine : GROOVE
24-across – Country garden ultimately covered in flowers — strong features? : ROMANNOSES
25-across – Yellow food, cheesy stuff : CORN
26-across – Vacillate, toying with third and fourth of December : DITHER
27-across – Scottish author railing endlessly : BARRIE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 2 : FLYTRAP
2-down – Plant, a vision on the web? : VENUS
3-down – Combine passion and spirit for a number of years : LUSTRUM
5-down – Figure in time passed slowly in the end : TWENTY
6-down – Nice location to get over torment — Cologne? : FRAGRANCE
7-down – Organ whose top is red and blue, at the end of the day : SUNDOWN
8-down – Plot coming as a surprise in For Whom The Bell Tolls : CAMPANOLOGIST
14-down – Moving to Saturn, a space traveller : ASTRONAUT
16-down – Politician in Scottish leader, a nut? : SALMOND
18-down – Noble gas unlimited in US city : AUGUSTA
19-down – Unfortunate jingle, perhaps? : ADVERSE
20-down – Intended result of extracting first of needles from back : FIANCE
23-down – Nothing matters, might you say, in issue for old musician : OSCAR
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.