This crossword No. 26842 clues and answers were published on Sat 26 Mar 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26842 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Quarterback in France about two miles out, in the shade? : TURQUOISE
11-across – Chin and a toe injured down the pub : INTHELOCAL
12-across – Resorts for personal assistant : SPAS
13-across – Land that’s promised half the drug : CANAAN
14-across – Smartly eccentric nobody regularly dismissed : KOOKY
15-across – 30 initially and one other state : OHIO
16-across – Girl goes round front of ancient necropolis : SAQQARA
19-across – Bird — one with appeal : PIPIT
21-across – WW2 headquarters in Europe nearly out of the sun : SHADED
23-across – Great ruler’s home is active : PADISHAH
25-across – Share home improvements : DIVVY
26-across – Sheep returning round one gallows : GIBBET
29-across – Restrain Lutoslawski’s humour — it’s showing signs of age : WITHHOLD
32-across – Cool-hearted and more generous craftsman : BOOKBINDER
33-across – Old Gore has to speak out to Clinton — here? : OVALOFFICE
35-across – Irish lad exchanges money for grand birds : SEAGULLS
37-across – Told a descendant of Fatima : SAYYID
38-across – Cubism regularly presents Palestinian coins : ZUZIM
39-across – Puts forward and petitions for street backing : SUGGESTS
42-across – Repeatedly state: Talisman : GRIGRI
46-across – Oil company associated with spill — one needing reform : EXXON
47-across – Tide’s out and up! : STIRRED
49-across – Independent English or Scottish kingdom : FIFE
50-across – Holidaymaker in Cornwall returning type of shirt : EMMET
54-across – It can remove errors — no problem : ERASER
55-across – * Small former colony’s ritual dance : HAKA
56-across – * Fancy cord twisted backing CV : DECORATIVE
57-across – Christie’s Orient Express finishing food cut to shreds : JULIENNES
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Scandinavian university with American wing : UPPSALA
3-down – Nissan model remains on the Great North Road : QASHQAI
4-down – Fall on the same day and time in Bow : OCCUR
5-down – * It flies to the boundaries of Ethiopia : ELAL
6-down – * Popular member of a 60s’ group? : KINK
7-down – * Essential oil for bosom, even? : OTTO
8-down – Owner may regularly discover pottery : WEMYSS
9-down – Oil ring round graduate : JOJOBA
10-down – 31 days in France and Spain for the dance : MAXIXE
17-down – Half the holiday homes are of use : AVAIL
18-down – Sparkling team gets draw : VIVID
20-down – Young lovers changing boots : TOYBOYS
22-down – Acknowledging prince’s no good : HAILING
23-down – Those captured outside first brought in to discussion groups : POWWOWS
24-down – Gods with some plant yielding vapour : DITTANY
27-down – Breakfast crockery suggested for old Scottish copper coins : BODDLES
28-down – For a short time, an American warship forces past : THRUSTS
30-down – Nickname of state or, possibly, shire : HOOSIER
31-down – Poor weather troubled idler : DRIZZLE
34-down – Relict’s vow : WIDOW
36-down – Opponents accepting question for stage play : EQUUS
40-down – Small figure missing from coin made of clay : EARTHEN
41-down – Pedigree blocked by one fan of TV series : TREKKIE
43-down – * Attacker’s assistant : RAIDER
44-down – Monkey injured rogue right away : GUENON
45-down – Purgative from island vegetable : IPECAC
48-down – Leading two oriental rickshaws to Shinto gateway : TORII
51-down – Lame adult on island : MAIM
52-down – Speaker’s empty, turning up empty : TEEM
53-down – This year’s pilgrimage : HAJJ
This crossword has in total 58 where 28 are across and 30 are down.