This crossword No. 26436 clues and answers were published on Sat 06 Dec 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26436 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – Couple of gifts not closed in error : BOOBOO
6-across – See 12 : FOREST
9-across – Team having odd fixture? No problem : OXFORD
10-across – Boy in a big boy like Uncle Sam : AMERICAN
11-across – Blade cutting through thick rissole : KRIS
12-across – Side of meat, strong and thin, perhaps? : NOTTINGHAM
13-across – Big old arm beginning to sweat after trip on public transport : BLUNDERBUSS
18-across – H for Headmaster and Headmistress, but not at Harrow? : RUGBYPOSTS
21-across – See 22 : DUCK
22-across – Find me in a pond catching cold, I am drunk and disorderly! : MANDARIN
23-across – An owl that smells! : HOOTER
24-across – Queen, one in outrage, flipping : REGINA
25-across – See 9 : UNITED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Big drop into the black stuff : COLOSSAL
2-down – A model state? : JORDAN
3-down – First leg, perhaps, runner-up in pocket : FORELIMB
4-down – Hang loose, injecting drug using a needle : SEWING
5-down – More than one dog pants : BOXERS
7-down – Baa surprisingly stifled by sheep that’s going to pot? : TEABAG
8-down – I was resting in a lazy manner, having a job taking orders : WAITRESSING
14-down – Person wandering around hospital after medication, ultimately, for parts of the kidney : NEPHRONS
15-down – Devon town in one direction, mid resorts : SIDMOUTH
16-down – Live-in worker is in to food and booze, might you say? : AUPAIR
17-down – Long speech where credit is in issue : SCREED
19-down – Wine cellar from which mature old Burgundy initially brought up : BODEGA
20-down – Setter of a puzzle hard to see in twist then that’s wrong : SPHINX
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.