This crossword No. 26424 clues and answers were published on Sat 22 Nov 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26424 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Tailless fish and a tailless baby feline : CARACAL
5-across – Drifting in front of juggernaut finally, lady perhaps exceeding 70 on the motorway : MIGRANT
9-across – Victory in bye for opener : VALVE
10-across – One defending a possible clue for raft? : RIGHTBACK
11-across – Politician — her purpose ultimately to go after Tory leadership, as about time for a general election? : THERESAMAY
12-across – Text with the other illustrations : KAMA
14-across – Turn forward, getting home in time for broadcast : DISSEMINATE
18-across – Where one finds only the cream consumed, say, with joint wrapped in cabbage : ETONCOLLEGE
21-across – Wearing Y-fronts, I kneel befuddled in front of pub, a beastly drunken vision : PINK
22-across – Lack of advancement, country in rut, perhaps? : STAGNATION
25-across – See 21 : ELEPHANTS
26-across – See 12 : SUTRA
27-across – Results in conclusion not entirely the reverse : ENTAILS
28-across – Coral snakes in reasonable fixture on boat : OARLOCK
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Hole where rodent stores it : CAVITY
2-down – Car wheel? : ROLLER
3-down – Smart aleck fit to embrace daughter? Always going over the top : CLEVERDICK
4-down – Little wriggler runs inside red flower : LARVA
5-down – Publication with French article in European institution in Cambridge : MAGDALENE
6-down – Entrails in bottle : GUTS
7-down – Setter lifting a couple of Hindu melodies : AGARAGAR
8-down – Sit with chimp in garden under the arbour, initially : TAKEAPEW
13-down – Tree higher than one covered in rubber, that’s lighter : FIRERAISER
15-down – Possible reason for hair salon visit, as reconciliation occurs? : SPLITENDS
16-down – Cheese spread please after bacon and egg starters : BELPAESE
17-down – Private tucked into bed, quaking at a stroke of the baton : DOWNBEAT
19-down – Restaurant writer munching spelt crusts : BISTRO
20-down – Lid held up by topless Adonis to remove clothes from suitcase : UNPACK
23-down – Device inserted into frog is modern : GISMO
24-down – National draw announced : THAI
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.