This crossword No. 26567 clues and answers were published on Sat 09 May 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26567 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Rossini extremely captivated by serpent as an instrument : MARIMBA
5-across – Team set off during strike : WESTHAM
10-across – French author a stinker, but no monster : ZOLA
11-across – Setter causing offence? : PYROMANIAC
12-across – Put one’s foot down about hospital in online discussion : THREAD
13-across – Someone on the water at once is at sea : CANOEIST
14-across – King’s castle, body of cells confining people : GRACELAND
16-across – A lump brought back for tea : ASSAM
17-across – One following hydrogen in leak : SHEEP
19-across – Space requiring development behind home, don’t you agree? : NESTCEPAS
23-across – Musical priest put back in place : SPAMALOT
24-across – Exact quality of number, the third to be changed : NICETY
26-across – Fruit and veg picked up, as down : MELANCHOLY
27-across – Contact sheet : PAGE
28-across – Crossword setters in the Guardian, deviants primarily offered guidance : USHERED
29-across – Third degree murder originally — then detain suspect : MEDIANT
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Different person, a him then? : ANOTHER
3-down – Ridiculous pain, a nettle’s grasped : INANE
4-down – Upright proposal to maintain exercise supported by almost everyone : BIPEDAL
6-down – Fur I’ve evidently acquired after some consideration? : ERMINE
7-down – Two notes heard in the location of 14 : TENNESSEE
8-down – Body of water, region covering a large space, primarily : ARALSEA
9-down – Bias as sperm approaches ovum? : PRECONCEPTION
15-down – An indulgence came disguised as bird food? : CREAMCAKE
18-down – Unlucky chap like this is a hundred? : HAPLESS
20-down – Positive image in petty criminal : TINTYPE
21-down – Harmful thing eating rotten chicken, ultimately : ANTIGEN
22-down – Company’s opening, plant not closing — that’s been said before : CLICHE
25-down – Island in better state : CAPRI
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.