This crossword No. 26699 clues and answers were published on Sat 10 Oct 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26699 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Thatch reducers’ craft? : CLIPPERS
9-across – Operetta composer: Pardon one’s falling between two extremes : LEHAR
10-across – Fly’s salty secretion : PEAR
11-across – Day before vessel problem is an elusive major universal influence : DARKMATTER
12-across – Street trader cyclist casually reported : MEDLAR
14-across – Having something on top, getting at the bananas in the sack : BEHATTED
16-across – Down to bra and panties, exit discreetly? : SLIPOFF
18-across – People are jetted by this airline in singular way : SPABATH
21-across – Railway’s Capital Rover, say, terminated outside French region : DORDOGNE
23-across – Jolly blubber-covered male hogging centre of bed : CHERRY
24-across – Rebuke: for instance, shrill tart : SHARPWORDS
26-across – Green hanky material? : LAWN
27-across – Super-sounding grid : GRAPE
28-across – Grand Midlands town not about to go flashy : GLEAMING
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Racy? Live, live, live, flower! : BLUEBELL
2-down – Senate and people of Rome question being replaced by head of union branch : SPUR
3-down – Still without its first back bar retailer : VENDOR
4-down – Put down a biblical teacher : ASCRIBE
5-down – Blue left in stick : PLUM
6-down – Just a bit firm, oysters from here : WHITSTABLE
7-down – Rig out the second person who was keen? : GRIEVE
13-down – Adriana, lip-curling Stones connoisseur : LAPIDARIAN
15-down – Poetic invocation used in local round dance : HIP
17-down – Raising of flag, ultimately obscure : FIG
19-down – Having a fling, working at the wheel? : THROWING
20-down – Make water boil for Earl Grey etc : PEERAGE
22-down – Superior’s performing drunk : ONHIGH
23-down – Baby salad ingredient collection : COSSET
25-down – Question about English dairy product : WHEY
26-down – Halt : LIME
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.