This crossword No. 26872 clues and answers were published on Sat 30 Apr 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26872 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Queen possibly grasping simple form of entertainment : CABARET
5-across – Drawings, quite a few on back of card : DOODLES
9-across – Gesture of defiance contrary for artist : KOONS
10-across – Prison reforms attributed to figure in racketeer? : TENNISPRO
11-across – A word of gratitude in the peerage for eminence : NOTABILITY
12-across – Builder’s trough — oops, it’s fallen over! : HOD
14-across – Fish joining stream after swimming instructor : SCHOOLMASTER
18-across – Each clue needs one dog trained to find the scent : EAUDECOLOGNE
21-across – Card and cut : WIT
22-across – Meeting of Ford and British colonialist reported as a turning point : CROSSROADS
25-across – Time when You’ll Never Walk Alone was sung by legendary giant in musical show : ROCKOPERA
26-across – Dock strike’s ending for artist : MOORE
27-across – Old cavalrymen back in South America, a hundred escaping injuries : HUSSARS
28-across – Meanwhile, waste time in middle of performance : INTERIM
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A man under roof of chapel is plastering : CAKING
2-down – Brahms and Liszt for starters, German is sozzled : BLOTTO
3-down – Vessel beneath reddish-brown banger : RUSTBUCKET
4-down – Complete wreck : TOTAL
5-down – Give pair of lines love as an artist : DONATELLO
6-down – Artist shaving head for god : ODIN
7-down – Note zigzagging lines under rim, as artist : LIPCHITZ
8-down – Classic marks arising for artist : STODDART
13-down – Slotting in money initially, turn a load around — here? : LAUNDROMAT
15-down – Short of bees, audibly, lob rosebuds away — as not humming? : ODOURLESS
16-down – The value of cool artist : HEPWORTH
17-down – Too much to raise in dollars for the seated area : BUTTOCKS
19-down – Kandinsky originally a substandard artist : KAPOOR
20-down – Judge is introduced to magistrate finally, when standing : ESTEEM
23-down – African lover endlessly cuddles Zambian leader : SWAZI
24-down – Comfortable seat, up until now, finally lost : SOFA
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.