This crossword No. 26800 clues and answers were published on Sat 06 Feb 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26800 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – A corresponding housing area that’s sweet : ASPARTAME
10-across – Jumbo’s end jumbo’s end! : OMEGA
11-across – Reel composer, heading off, leaves : SPINACH
12-across – See 18 : METHERE
13-across – Musical soldiers : GIGI
14-across – Wood with incense right for skin condition : NETTLERASH
16-across – Song left for John Lennon, perhaps : AIRPORT
17-across – Easy in gold and bronze positions, one speaking as a trier : ESSAYER
19-across – Clever man, butcher slices bird : DICKCISSEL
22-across – Car check unfinished : AUDI
24-across – Measure of land close to allotment in concern for men? : HECTARE
25-across – Wed, married, I had wife — yikes! : MIDWEEK
26-across – Source of communication that’s acidic? : PHONE
27-across – Besmirch business, VW, in The Merchant of Venice : MARCOPOLO
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Practice of biltong eaters died in invention of 11 dish : SAUSAGEANDCHIPS
2-down – Spot not half, double the dog! : SPRINGER
3-down – One enthralled by conventional chord : TRIAD
4-down – Capital city in county right under one’s nose? : TASHKENT
5-down – Number theorem ends in stunt, as mathematician : FERMAT
6-down – Point made another way : NORTHEAST
7-down – Nero’s tutor offering brief kiss in the main : SENECA
8-down – Jerk from Ikea has lock to screw up : MAKEAHORLICKSOF
15-down – Not seen in public once ale downed : CONCEALED
17-down – Minister in eastern capital travelling north, always : EVERMORE
18-down – I don’t know the answer that’s in vogue, yet theorem fashionable : YOUVEGOT
20-down – Out of one’s tree one flies : CUCKOO
21-down – Second drink well hot : STEAMY
23-down – Thus I depart after initially turning up — toodle-oo! : ADIOS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.