This crossword No. 27280 clues and answers were published on Sat 19 Aug 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27280 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Wanting to keep buzzing off, English leaving part of the 12 20 : ANTIBES
5-across – Living in caravan, I’m a tearaway : ANIMATE
10-across – Pay doesn’t start for years and years : AGES
11-across – Retailer taking morning or start of evening off : IRONMONGER
12-across – Island insane, might some say? A holiday destination : FRENCH
13-across – With investment of company, go towards Judas? : TURNCOAT
14-across – One’s spotted fiddle involving Labour leader in Mr Brown : DALMATIAN
16-across – Flexible athlete’s back after a short breather : AGILE
17-across – Goodbye to hello in past narrative : STORY
19-across – Flat carrier, individual pockets for shopping : BETRAYING
23-across – Drink in trailer for cow, perhaps? : RUMINANT
24-across – Struggle to eat animal product for plant eater : VEGGIE
26-across – Characterise type of camera, capturing nothing, say, the wrong way round : PIGEONHOLE
27-across – Line drawn for missile launcher, old hero in Cuba : OCHE
28-across – Last relative tackled by forward : PERSIST
29-across – Matelots close to feckless so 12, one gathered : SAILORS
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Country, one with capital in Abuja : NIGERIA
3-down – Serious issue with stock stolen by popular author : IBSEN
4-down – European PM embracing male nickname : EPITHET
6-down – Now I shall become mean, having croaked, monsieur? : NOMORE
7-down – See 6 : MRNICEGUY
8-down – Something afoot, follow around one that’s suspicious : TOENAIL
9-down – Safety practice, case of choice blocking device : CONTRACEPTION
15-down – Cruel, no thanks to the 12? : MERCILESS
18-down – Territorials waste bully? : TAURINE
20-down – See 12 : RIVIERA
21-down – One going in lower, not both : NEITHER
22-down – Part of the 12 20 film confined to it, we hear? : CANNES
25-down – Show hostility, having to wax lyrical initially : GROWL
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.