This crossword No. 27040 clues and answers were published on Sat 12 Nov 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27040 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Type of 25 cross, not entirely rejected : TRAPDOOR
9-across – Scrub over a regular report : ANNUAL
10-across – Time that flies : BIRD
11-across – East End houses don’t have the credentials to accommodate white 25 : BLACKWIDOW
12-across – Disaster — failure is another synonym, completely obvious for starters : FIASCO
14-across – Fine man for philosophy : THINKING
15-across – Eternal fool poked by stick with malice in the end : AGELESS
17-across – 25, left defender? : REDBACK
20-across – Start reviewing it with caveat : ACTIVATE
22-across – In goal, attempt catches : TRENDY
23-across – One going down for a long time, a reviled criminal in prison, is on for release : PEARLDIVER
24-across – A type of 25 in ebbing stream : WOLF
25-across – Do what you do endlessly, 17? That’s you! : SPIDER
26-across – 25 hasn’t uncoiled, moth initially trapped : HUNTSMAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Behind barrier, little time to go over it : TRAILING
2-down – One perhaps eyed second dessert : SPUD
3-down – Cutting reserves, a mistake : BOOBOO
4-down – Distance across doorstep, perhaps, that’s halved : BREADTH
5-down – Bet party gets seat : BACKSIDE
6-down – Unspecified number, crime in the Spanish capital going up, never going down? : UNSINKABLE
7-down – Bloke captures Aussie native in desert : MAROON
13-down – 25 that can jump — rating one degree : SALTIGRADE
16-down – Model son to give father a thrashing? That’s about right! : STANDARD
18-down – Scoundrel I summon up in US car : CADILLAC
19-down – Lift tool, say, the axe : HEAVEHO
21-down – Keen to bury leak, head-er deleted as sinister : CREEPY
22-down – Bottom disappearing, the king is upon one! : THRONE
24-down – Innermost part of bowel remains clean : WASH
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.