This crossword No. 26621 clues and answers were published on Sat 11 Jul 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26621 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – I, possibly, poke chicken with a piece of wood : HALOGEN
5-across – Idiot finding ludicrous flaw in success : HALFWIT
9-across – President Thingamabob, partially recalled : OBAMA
10-across – Saw worker with president embracing writer : CARPENTER
11-across – President no wiser, he stumbles past close of tenure : EISENHOWER
12-across – Country where I was a candidate : IRAN
14-across – Gerald’s guards in that position with company, private : OFFTHERECORD
18-across – Cheat knocking back a drop, happy to put on weight : PULLAFASTONE
21-across – President back in combat fatigues : TAFT
22-across – Good bandages nicer after treatment that’s harmful : PERNICIOUS
25-across – First in geophysics confirmed, so pleased : GRATIFIED
26-across – Forget to secure ring that’s likely to come off : LOOSE
27-across – Perhaps one’s kid gloves made from this? : DOESKIN
28-across – Serious attention given to tree house : EARNEST
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – President, one gathering dust? : HOOVER
2-down – Something to set up, holding information primarily on enemy leader, cooperate : LIAISE
3-down – Annexe where president maintains standard, not entirely beneath the state : GRANNYFLAT
4-down – Hot container lifted over bottom of potato chip : NACHO
5-down – A rest home prepared to offer beef substitute? : HORSEMEAT
6-down – Symbol of a nation, some ship capsizing : LEEK
7-down – Vital thing, having little room for big defeat : WATERLOO
8-down – Kebab served up during your old dirge : THRENODY
13-down – Very mysterious lord in bloody uprising, appearing common : VERNACULAR
15-down – Dopey leader in Reagan, it being laughable for an actor : TRAGEDIAN
16-down – Model put with Degas stole the show : UPSTAGED
17-down – Love left tainted if ends, unsatisfactory relationship now extinguished? : OLDFLAME
19-down – Monroe unfortunately is as she is : NOMORE
20-down – A trail, an upward slope : ASCENT
23-down – Coax Nixon to admit lying in the end? : NUDGE
24-down – Second one sucks : TICK
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.