This crossword No. 27393 clues and answers were published on Sat 30 Dec 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27393 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – 24, extremely late after period of 20 hours? : MONDALE
5-across – Project concealing road defect : FAILING
9-across – Bound books, note inside : LIMIT
10-across – Democrat in backing 24, out of bounds : FORBIDDEN
11-across – Bill’s encapsulated by combination of corn and bean stew : CARBONNADE
12-across – By the sound of it, puzzle 5 across : FLAW
14-across – Noisy battle developing in stubborn manner : OBSTINATELY
18-across – 24, English man on pitch : ROCKEFELLER
21-across – 24 last to return : EVIL
22-across – Embellished passage actual, or doubly fanciful : COLORATURA
25-across – European revolutionary following queen in this short play : THERIVALS
26-across – Authority to get broadcast? : SAYSO
27-across – Aardvark — this beast originally coming in close behind start of alphabet : ANTBEAR
28-across – Mundane letters from listener : TERRENE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Venom in cobras initially collected by boy, say? : MALICE
2-down – A thousand in African country abandoning river on the rise, departed : NOMORE
3-down – Sign reader lost, ergo a lost traveller, ultimately : ASTROLOGER
4-down – Slight mistake: all of Saudi Arabian conclusions : ELFIN
5-down – Shoot monkey in safety procedure : FIREDRILL
6-down – One put on gravy, but not to bird : IBIS
7-down – Pampers: sticky glue in diapers emptied : INDULGES
8-down – Passages mob considers, recited : GANGWAYS
13-down – Terrifying thing that may skin something like a rabbit, did you say? : HAIRRAISER
15-down – Old herbivore wiggling ears with gusto : STEGOSAUR
16-down – Time to feed author a drink : GREENTEA
17-down – Part of the mind hampered by stress — that’s unfortunate : ACCIDENT
19-down – 24 listening to shrink : QUAYLE
20-down – Everywhere, 24 pinching himself? : GALORE
23-down – Working class beginning : ONSET
24-down – Tool 5 across : VICE
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.