This crossword No. 27543 clues and answers were published on Sat 23 Jun 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27543 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – City physicist finally splitting subatomic particle : BOSTON
4-across – City speed is beyond me : MEMPHIS
9-across – One with great desire going after detailed stuff, delicately formed : FILIGREED
10-across – Bloke spending nought, ultimately? : MISER
11-across – A racket inspiring head of mafia organisation : ADMIN
12-across – Surgery ends in the clinic with extensive bandaging — gosh! : VASECTOMY
13-across – Open-air better, on the other hand : OUTDOOR
15-across – Strange chest for city : NEWARK
17-across – City a dollar? : AUSTIN
19-across – Lady hunter aims, their odds not looking good? : ARTEMIS
22-across – Ball player from 1966 about to block star : ALDEBARAN
24-across – Doctor behind huge beast dropping in lozenge : RHOMB
26-across – First on back row missing capital city : BOISE
27-across – Silver in an assignment for city : ANCHORAGE
28-across – Great, a city : AUGUSTA
29-across – City in Laos, a pleasure to recall : ELPASO
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – City auditor’s cushion on the ground? : BUFFALO
2-down – City festivals coming up : SALEM
3-down – Part of church lost for a long time : ORGANLOFT
4-down – Nice house around back of cardboard city : MADISON
5-down – Take off soprano part on opening of Carmen : MIMIC
6-down – Chart right, so wrong in the morning : HISTOGRAM
7-down – Guys about right as drifters? : STRAYS
8-down – City singer : DENVER
14-down – Initially, terrible judgement about state moving slowly : TRUNDLING
16-down – Formerly outstanding openers going in , two wickets later out for ducks? : WATERFOWL
18-down – Irish victory accepted by relative leader in Anthony Eden : NIRVANA
19-down – Daisy wants me out of the country, ban finally secured : ARNICA
20-down – Last letter required to fill old puzzle, flipping bitter! : SUBZERO
21-down – Brief tactic to overcome a state : GAMBIA
23-down – Pronounced blemish develops : BREWS
25-down – City centres in Hoboken, Bamako and Peshawar : OMAHA
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.