This crossword No. 27070 clues and answers were published on Sat 17 Dec 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27070 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Almost no sign of hell in barracks? : HECKLES
5-across – Depression admitted by nipper after contracting disease : CHOLERA
9-across – Don’t plan a German paperback : ADLIB
10-across – Paris cool about attraction of Athens : ACROPOLIS
11-across – L’Ogre by Parisian solver? It’s panned! : TOILETROLL
12-across – Meat cut for queen, say : BEE
14-across – End of match lit items, including first leaf : STOPPAGETIME
18-across – Icon that’s silvery peels off : ELVISPRESLEY
21-across – Brown finished, reportedly : DUN
22-across – Potentially fine to poke nameless cat? That’s immature in a bird : PINFEATHER
25-across – Classic wrong to fear anything from the right : TEAFORTWO
26-across – Father having dropped from tree, cutting head on hard wood : LARCH
27-across – Even bits of blubber caught by tough old weapon : HALBERD
28-across – In further tests son fights back : RESISTS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Warm about right and friendly, ultimately? : HEARTY
2-down – Gunman’s short story for herder : COLLIE
3-down – Burning to collar first of bullies, one not standing up for Da Ponte, say? : LIBRETTIST
4-down – Case dismissed for dancer’s step : STAIR
5-down – Large amounts, a lot moving in pack : CARTLOADS
6-down – Spirit not entirely lifted, oh no! : OOPS
7-down – Illiterate’s mark in grotesquely risible book’s inscription : EXLIBRIS
8-down – Returned with outstanding change of direction, volley initially out : ANSWERED
13-down – 19 16, 5 across 12, 1 down 24 and 2 23, loosely speaking? : VEGETABLES
15-down – Legal term tied up in knots, non-U : PERMITTED
16-down – Worcestershire town, flaming dump : REDDITCH
17-down – Uniform on female, the whole thing in twilight : EVENFALL
19-down – Old pros who never tickle colleagues’ bottoms : WHORES
20-down – Cups with vessel, one of a pair in one’s cups : BRAHMS
23-down – 0.08 cryptically? That’s fine, perhaps : FLOUR
24-down – Uncle Stalin pinching king’s butt : JOKE
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.