This crossword No. 26711 clues and answers were published on Sat 24 Oct 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26711 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Charged boundary with pick and staple to secure cold bog : ELECTRICFENCE
10-across – Scholar spooks patriarch hidden in nut tree : MACADAMIA
11-across – Young man with it, turning, ebbing and flowing : TIDAL
12-across – Assistant catching second stage whisper : ASIDE
13-across – Instrument welcoming holy man to US city : KALAMAZOO
14-across – Degrade pile penetrating scent’s centre : CHEAPEN
16-across – Hot spot for Puritans dropping one off : SUNTRAP
18-across – Mother hedgehog belonging to boys only club? : MASONIC
20-across – Unruly teen absorbing reflux in African town : ENTEBBE
21-across – First bit of evening paper let loose by fruit-bearer : APPLETREE
23-across – Expression of regret about time range : ATLAS
24-across – What’s to be ground by King George I? : GRIST
25-across – Officer finding one sort of fly in pipe : BRIGADIER
26-across – Part of speech with which to make firm declaration : PRONOUNCEMENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – French evangelist with cattle on ship making fortune : LUCKINESS
3-down – Bum finds penny in prison : CADGE
4-down – Gods of victory and war mostly overturned dish : RAMEKIN
5-down – Drink tea with endless delight : CHABLIS
6-down – Bomb in with a will : ESTAMINET
7-down – Jessica dizzily drinking port : CADIZ
8-down – Magic Parmesan recipe for political skulduggery : SMEARCAMPAIGN
9-down – Blue door curiously concealing crush — stress may increase it : BLOODPRESSURE
15-down – Butterfly catcher with clipper gaining weight? : PINKERTON
17-down – Boxer, maybe, with electronic phone featured in retrograde film genre : REBELLION
19-down – Animals getting a bone circle copper-plated : CARIBOU
20-down – Doleful, the Spanish setter interrupts rising composer : ELEGIAC
22-down – Allegedly nosey sort of churchman : PRIOR
23-down – Startle, Madagascar-style? : ALARM
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.