This crossword No. 26956 clues and answers were published on Sat 06 Aug 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26956 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Idiot not entirely without feeling, shame one has quit : NUMPTY
4-across – Having rubbed out old boy, drug lord understood to be a slimy crawler : ESCARGOT
9-across – Screened by fifth columnist, general dropping off : SLEEPY
10-across – General places reflected in Indian city : AGRICOLA
11-across – Knot tied, coveter set to be someone walking sneakily down the aisle? : STOREDETECTIVE
13-across – Question clothes a nudist designed for religious festival : WHITSUNDAY
14-across – Test of reading and learning, primarily : ORAL
16-across – Indian, post-Haydn, sounding game? : SIKH
18-across – In leak, one stopping vehicle to obstruct legislation : FILIBUSTER
21-across – Fiddles embracing lively sonatas, or encapsulating the ultimate in dumb instruments? : CONTRABASSOONS
23-across – Written about in almanac, I remain like 17, perhaps : AMERICAN
24-across – Master on something stringed, as cellist : YOYOMA
25-across – Critical supporter adds quality to piano parts : KEYSTONE
26-across – Capital inspiring lieder is, for starters, the capital for a composer! : BERLIN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Feature is familiar with broadcast : NOSE
2-down – Great musicians playing sitar with me : MAESTRI
3-down – Better money for big guns : TOPBRASS
5-down – One of 12 with bow, as guitarist after a fiddle : SAGITTARIUS
6-down – A bit of music to be shared equally : APIECE
7-down – Sticky stuff on bottom of cone in tree, more nutty : GOOFIER
8-down – Journeyman composer beginning to languish in winter, without success : TRAVELLER
12-down – Contrarily, was evil mind a French horn player? : DENNISBRAIN
13-down – Wine not half dry, where bottles kept a joke : WISECRACK
15-down – Figure below zero turned around for everyone in economic region : EUROZONE
17-down – President as fiddler : KENNEDY
19-down – Flipping brilliant hiding data sheets in the kitchen : TINFOIL
20-down – God stands above bird, accepting son as the Creator : ARTIST
22-down – A shade cooler around start of winter : FAWN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.