The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26471 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 26471 clues and answers were published on Sat 17 Jan 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26471 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossDesigner of buildings to keep one dry in 9? : WRITTEN
5-acrossDoubt place is beset by horrible curse : SCRUPLE
10-acrossOrder he’s forgotten for cream : BEST
11-acrossWhoops welcoming Fancy Dan’s fans wearing orange? : HOLLANDERS
12-acrossBrown’s good : GORDON
13-acrossCaught tragedy bowdlerised in 9 : CLEARCUT
14-acrossPeople reversing around country in vehicle : ESTATECAR
16-acrossBoxes, losing tense contest in 9 : CHESS
17-acrossSplit, Zagreb but not great 9 thing : ZEBRA
19-acrossUtility bill with name and energy covering front : ADVANTAGE
23-acrossFancy entertaining old fellow, fit for the opposite sex : WOMANISH
24-acrossTherefore a colour for a rose is rose? : SOARED
26-acrossMonth in which politician backs worker gladly : JUBILANTLY
27-acrossGrand foreign monarch’s 9 mixture : GREY
28-acrossPaper splits English and German articles into pieces : ASUNDER
29-acrossBefore this speech he produces a crown, perhaps : ADDRESS

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Shorter bursts for classical speakers : RHETORS
3-down – Bore child, a small boy : TOTED
4-down – Better send the dancer to strip off : ENHANCE
6-down – We’re told seabird is yellow : CRAVEN
7-down – Running due north and south, didn’t reach target : UNDERSHOT
8-down – Two Republicans standing in the French sun, getting tans : LARRUPS
9-down – Oddly bold account with naked cavorting, but not Fifty Shades? : BLACKANDWHITE
15-down – Like Scot south of Barnet coming from continental regions : AFROASIAN
18-down – Rip off ripe, firm bananas — they’re intensely green : ECONUTS
20-down – Tried appeal about remark by journalist : ASSAYED
21-down – More than one jade gnome’s outside, say — look around : GEEGEES
22-down – Silver’s seemingly good grade : PIRATE
25-down – Nettle from mountains, but right at the bottom : ANGER

This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.

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