This crossword No. 26860 clues and answers were published on Sat 16 Apr 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26860 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Turns up by river with great self-confidence : COCKSURE
9-across – A temptation said to diminish : ABATE
10-across – Astonish with unfinished trick : STUN
11-across – Runner, having consumed pork pie, first to go into spasm : FIBRILLATE
12-across – Aristocrat getting substantial return from ape : GIBBON
14-across – One supplying information that E = R, maybe? : SQUEALER
15-across – Cause unrest? A crowd suppresses it : AGITATE
17-across – Less vivid second city : PALERMO
20-across – Flagship bearing right? : STREAMER
22-across – Back unknown plant : BETONY
23-across – Receiver receiving dodgy, initially rum, deal from snake : FERDELANCE
24-across – Strike a light! : LAMP
25-across – Date to vex proverbial patience? : TRYST
26-across – Investigator’s ploy involving hollow cats and dogs? Hardly : SPITTING
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Unduly upset, getting into brief liaison of little significance : FOOTLING
2-down – Like to participate in streaking : AKIN
3-down – Fashionable hand warmer on top of cake : MUFFIN
4-down – Prolix poetic production penning personal problem : VERBOSE
5-down – Tyrant’s glacial university reform : CALIGULA
6-down – Pop perhaps returning letters received from legislators : PARLIAMENT
7-down – Insect let loose on another : BEETLE
13-down – Incomplete tea set Darby smashed, revealing what he and Joan have seen? : BETTERDAYS
16-down – Sacred building sheltering a priest’s last model : TEMPLATE
18-down – Second Greek letter inscribed in memorial : MONUMENT
19-down – Salty islanders losing heart to Norway : BRINISH
21-down – Score one less than this? : TWENTY
22-down – Piece about monarch’s proposed divorce : BREXIT
24-down – Reluctant to sin? Not initially : LOTH
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.