This crossword No. 27495 clues and answers were published on Sat 28 Apr 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27495 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Empty nest and no memories — bad time for OAP? : SENIOR
4-across – See 1 : MOMENT
9-across – As part of time-sharing, taking turn in house : SEMI
10-across – Horrify a mate, forgetting name for mountain area : APPALACHIA
11-across – Pensioner cycling by checkpoint made from shoddy material : CHEAPO
12-across – Out of power, allowed to be smutty? : EXPLICIT
13-across – Rest of Italian team’s smutty, reportedly : INTERLUDE
15-across – Tory wearing light blue : RACY
16-across – A Christian GP, say, covering 10 : DIOR
17-across – Remote possibility of bad luck : OFFCHANCE
21-across – One performing unprepared, left holding a hole-boring tool? On the contrary : ADLIBBER
22-across – Definitely happening — keep waiting to be connected : ONHOLD
24-across – Abundance of fast sex between dessert and coffee, ultimately : PLENTITUDE
25-across – Sign new back for present season : NOEL
26-across – Photographic chemical uncovering magic : SILVER
27-across – See 26 : IODIDE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Joyce’s alter ego, in phase with male name : STEPHEN
2-down – Writing up article about show in African capital : NAIRA
3-down – Having prolonged good luck, film here once? : ONAROLL
5-down – Kiss one of two kissers wearing very large bloomers : OXLIPS
6-down – Woman with adopted youngster eating a Mexican dish : ENCHILADA
7-down – Reticently, I log off site that’s educational : TRINITY
8-down – Fantastically fine and super, so extremely delightful? : SPLENDIFEROUS
14-down – Moving in Puck’s direction, turned up on island, then left : EMOTIONAL
16-down – See 1 : DEDALUS
18-down – On the point of cupboard love : CLOSETO
19-down – See 7 : COLLEGE
20-down – Make former pupil tell story about the origin of greed : OBLIGE
23-down – Language coming from noisy party after stripper’s act : HINDI
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.