This crossword No. 26992 clues and answers were published on Sat 17 Sep 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26992 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – A thank you in tribe’s language : CATALAN
8-across – Born 14 part 1, though overdue : BELATED
10-across – Beginning to snuff candle, having turned round meal : REPAST
11-across – Drinks hired out by circle : ROUNDLET
12-across – Apostasy, oddly, rejected in colonnade : STOA
13-across – Buy one Dali — it’s surreal — having potential to be picked up : AUDIBILITY
14-across – Evangelical dwarf, given potter’s material, keeping very quiet : HAPPYCLAPPY
19-across – Barmy Army entering number and name of fellow citizen : COUNTRYMAN
22-across – Arbiter securing Spain’s chain : REEF
23-across – Relieve outrageously rude bunny, almost : UNBURDEN
24-across – Setter: one sneaky and skimpy? : MEASLY
25-across – Pill box containing philosophy : LOZENGE
26-across – Far from 14 part 1 choice between France, Luxembourg and Norway? : FORLORN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Spread round permitted colour range : PALETTE
2-down – Graduate’s tree: commander’s witch : BABAYAGA
3-down – Tool up, receiving insect’s incantation : MANTRA
4-down – Insensitive, entering pear-shaped partial shadow : PENUMBRA
5-down – Wrecker of vehicle boy overturned : VANDAL
6-down – Happening to interrupt Shirley’s heartless number : SEVENTY
9-down – Quandary generated by last word in forecast : PREDICAMENT
15-down – Prototype map with a grid redesigned : PARADIGM
16-down – Lightweight boxer’s last to enter, fit for consumption : PORTABLE
17-down – Cowboy’s head, squashed by bucking bronco, reveals inside of ear : CORNCOB
18-down – Assert period was first to keep 100 up : DECLARE
20-down – Sodium securing a purpose — disgust? : NAUSEA
21-down – Hunter to beat troops up, on reflection : NIMROD
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.