This crossword No. 26729 clues and answers were published on Sat 14 Nov 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26729 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Motive in man of letters, an anticipatory act : FORESTALMENT
8-across – Where Britain and China are as one, in a way backward as France would have it? : EURASIA
9-across – Inland instrument not half listless : LANGUID
11-across – Rail taking popular figure briefly beyond Venezuelan capital : INVEIGH
12-across – Metal bolts ingested for starters by the Queen, entering stomach : TERBIUM
13-across – March off then ___ , to get protective garment : APRON
14-across – Gripping device holds stream : THRILLING
16-across – Rise in New York building, dropping right : INFLATION
19-across – Beak of gannet’s opening in book : JUDGE
21-across – Seen during sunset in Gibraltar, westward lights : IGNITES
23-across – A short story about country detailed in language : AFGHANI
24-across – One having a yen for money ultimately, someone bringing in cash : YEARNER
25-across – Where a stud may be noble, having love to endure : EARLOBE
26-across – Adulterating plastic, it’s adapted to a particular form : TRIANGULATED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Temperature outside over limits always : FOREVER
2-down – Putin perhaps hurried to embrace America — certainly requiring translation? : RUSSIAN
3-down – That woman has hole to fill up, one after dry pasta : SPAGHETTI
4-down – A fee going up to get parcel out : ALLOT
5-down – Possibly, rock goddess not very ladylike at first : MINERAL
6-down – Molluscs caught in marina utilised : NAUTILI
7-down – Capacity to be described as identifiably toxic : DEFINABILITY
10-down – Device removing the attraction from contentious disagreement : DEMAGNETISER
15-down – Calls to pen article sound familiar : RINGABELL
17-down – Foolish primarily and a bit thick, where one’s been taken for a ride? : FUNFAIR
18-down – One picks up signals as an amount of cash mentioned : ANTENNA
19-down – One pace — or two? : JOGTROT
20-down – Having to tidy one’s own hotel room up before beginning of day, one sparkles : DIAMOND
22-down – Shoot gun in rather packed saloon, every head looking up : SPRIG
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.