This crossword No. 27220 clues and answers were published on Sat 10 Jun 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27220 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – In unpleasant way, skin horribly lousy : HIDEOUSLY
8-across – 9 6 16, eccentric American : CAMUS
9-across – We dominate, are pale-hued; ripe for revision, me? : DEADWHITE
10-across – 9 6 16 attributed to Reagan? : BYRON
12-across – 9 6 16 Jack, leading scorer in two legs : JONSON
13-across – Seabird never rejected skin of shark : SHAGREEN
14-across – Our team in African capital find cold reception : WELCOME
17-across – 9 6 16 with Richard, regulars at tennis : DICKENS
20-across – Pipe turned in spiral shape almost by old woman : NARGILEH
22-across – Glower, about to lend out : CANDLE
24-across – 9 6 16, usually first in a haunt of vice : AUDEN
25-across – Scrooge, say, broke, about to chuck last bit away : SKINFLINT
26-across – Dog refusing lead at end of day, troubled by fleas? : ITCHY
27-across – John’s eating no end of sausage in place in New Mexico : LOSALAMOS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – 9 6 16 church has half of Room 101 at the front : CICERO
2-down – Going from either end over diocese, travelling the shortest route : GEODESIC
3-down – 9 6 16 dunking roll in tea? The opposite : BUCHAN
4-down – Discrimination, the charge against 9 6 16s? : ELITISM
5-down – Barman’s wife is in bed : LAWYER
6-down – See 9 : EUROPEAN
11-down – 9 6 16 is up to receive top honours : SAKI
15-down – Rising, point to foreign character: Beware void! : EVACUATE
16-down – See 9 : MALE
18-down – 9 6 16’s work: regal ruin, as family’s taken over : KINGLEAR
19-down – Tick on list, we hear, 9 6 16 : CHEKHOV
21-down – 9 6 16 massaged ego, then stopped short : GOETHE
22-down – 9 6 16 hoax involving American gunmen : CONRAD
23-down – 9 6 16 part of Germany, more central : LANDOR
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.