This crossword No. 26585 clues and answers were published on Sat 30 May 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26585 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Prime minister, one eating first of nuts, peanuts : PITTANCE
5-across – See 24 : COOKIE
9-across – Rock music kept for request at crime scene? : STICKEMUP
11-across – Ordinal, eighth in camp? : TENTH
12-across – Mend outstanding circuitous routes, assuming formerly straight : HETEROSEXUAL
15-across – Stone’s past history in theatrical performance, loosely speaking? : ONYX
16-across – Balancing acrobat, weak pole wobbling in the midst of horror : ROPEWALKER
18-across – Order paper with increase in salary for judge again : REAPPRAISE
19-across – Sad call girl welcoming work, client ultimately laid back, heading for Thailand : LAST
21-across – Emerge where a cat might have sat, did you say — for miaow, perhaps? : ONOMATOPOEIA
24-across – Cough took off, that is, for resilient type : TOUGH
25-across – Girl having incarcerated heartless girl in the country, there’s no escaping it? : SUPERGLUE
26-across – Lie in chair, head off it : RESIDE
27-across – Flying toys, those following Thur’s wasps? : FRISBEES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 19 : POST
2-down – Dog story recited : TAIL
3-down – Soldier shackling animal up, chain over a foot? : ANKLET
4-down – Those honouring the dead, such as in Dunkirk, a thousand speakers : COMMEMORATORS
6-down – Unfortunately not always supporting hack — getting there! : ONTHEWAY
7-down – Knowledge put to bed about a statesman : KENTUCKIAN
8-down – Cheer as West Indian cricketer cuts shot into river : EXHILARATE
10-down – Waste of a setter in this magician, propose changes up top : POOPERSCOOPER
13-down – Chambers features a rewrite of profuse rot on county : FOURPOSTER
14-down – Places of worship where adulterer, say, attempts to suppress God’s umbrage, for starters : SYNAGOGUES
17-down – Cut round page covered with liquid : SPLASHED
20-down – Knight and fool up river : TIGRIS
22-down – Sound blasted down : BLUE
23-down – See 13 : BEDS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.