This crossword No. 27004 clues and answers were published on Sat 01 Oct 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27004 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Clean sheet after playing against City : SANTIAGO
9-across – Fish in sea, side by side : MARLIN
10-across – Hospital ring doctor in Iran about lozenges : RHOMBI
12-across – Bridges, perhaps, behind schedule crossing a river : LAUREATE
13-across – See 14 down : THE
14-across – Tiny bit drunk : TIDDLY
16-across – Extensive opus is a composer’s first output : SPACIOUS
17-across – Film about composer’s grave : EARNEST
20-across – With this gym equipment, starts working out? : WEIGHTS
23-across – Bloomer made by demure female : PRIMROSE
24-across – Puck’s mate, a horny beast : IMPALA
26-across – See 14 down : MAN
27-across – Last rites performed by a third curate in short time : VIATICUM
28-across – Row about daughters’ scam? : FIDDLE
31-across – Puerto Rican gang has former bodyguards to listen in : SHARKS
32-across – Reporter recalled rubbish article paper finally published : NARRATOR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Cut top off gum tree : GASH
2-down – Halt baseball team’s rise : STEM
3-down – Motherless cat’s reason for visiting dentist? : CAVITY
4-down – Wild sex, so heartlessly cruel this pair might have been rowing : COXLESS
5-down – A friend keeps motherless cat with tip of tail cut off : AMPUTATE
6-down – Native American penguin population starts increasing slowly in number : CREEPINGUP
7-down – Reservations to see film Red : MISTRUST
11-down – See 14 : OLD
14-down – Book Pam’s meeting with Ed? : THE
15-down – Men stray? I’d suspect explosive outcomes from their goings-on : DYNAMITERS
18-down – Tune by drunk, having no weaknesses : AIRTIGHT
19-down – Display sort of cow, as seen in novel : SHOWCASE
21-down – See 14 : SEA
22-down – Three males in Gabon, skirting the border? On the contrary : HEMMING
24-down – Weak batting partnership? : INFIRM
25-down – See 14 : AND
29-down – Uninteresting fish? That’s about right : DRAB
30-down – John Major’s beginning to appear vaguely threatening : LOOM
This crossword has in total 34 where 16 are across and 18 are down.