This crossword No. 26753 clues and answers were published on Sat 12 Dec 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26753 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Performing great act of wickedness, one is expelled from halls : SINATRA
8-across – Nancy’s the marriage partner and source of comfort when travelling : LEGROOM
9-across – Loud commotion and blue air in Lisbon? : FADO
10-across – Farah competes with sailor to be 7? : MOVIESTAR
12-across – Italian barman slipping drug into spirit : BERIO
13-across – Cultivating hybrid at present time : BIRTHDAY
15-across – Let it snow, blanketing little birds : TITS
16-across – Catty utterance of 20 down, extremely ungraceful : MIAUL
17-across – Retired wimps fret : STEW
18-across – Grace Kelly after marriage forbidding and discounting Germans : GRIMALDI
20-across – Plain-speaking 7 : FRANK
21-across – Unexpectedly sing Moon River for somebody in church : MONSIGNOR
22-across – Miss Gardner, going on 50, is hot stuff! : LAVA
24-across – She’s skilled at working 17 across of 7 : ARTISAN
25-across – Expression of excitement about single 7’s sausage : BOLONEY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Girl, a 7, can answer : TINA
2-down – Mafiosi ram Oscar in unusual places : CAMORRAS
3-down – Rhyming game and jam with hum? : CRAMBO
4-down – Perhaps rye drinking leads to blindness and rotting of the brain : CEREBRAL
5-down – Tedious routine in cold church is something that sustains one : CRUTCH
6-down – Lead in Pal Joey perhaps turning up in Sorry! : POOR
11-down – Bishop and Rat Pack 7 with touching resonance : VIBRATION
12-down – Pipeline between Britain and Arabia : BRIAR
14-down – Smart guy downing cake regularly after beer : ALECK
16-down – 17 across for 7 in mug, all 17 across-ed : MULLIGAN
17-down – Male with parts in High Society going ahead with one leg : STALLION
19-down – Married people opposed to prayer? : MANTIS
20-down – Have multiple offspring to argue greatly over : FARROW
21-down – Capital fellow is hurt and cross : MARX
23-down – Gerry, Chester or Humphrey? : VEEP
This crossword has in total 30 where 15 are across and 15 are down.