This crossword No. 27579 clues and answers were published on Sat 04 Aug 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27579 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – 9 19 No 1 with spy working in cyberspace : REBECCA
5-across – Like du Maurier’s The Birds, breaking chain : CORNISH
9-across – See 25 : MRSDE
10-across – Fish swimming in cave round House on the Strand’s head : ANCHOVIES
11-across – Timeless stories, as put about by the same devotee : AFICIONADO
12-across – Novel start: enter woman, imagining deathly detail : LAST
14-across – See 12 : DREAMTIWENT
18-across – See 12 : TOMANDERLEY
21-across – Characters at back of Old Ferry Inn I misguidedly race : INDY
22-across – Top producer of dramatic works drinks mid-morning? : CAPPUCCINI
25-across – No 2 gutted Manchester team to sack one during next season : THESECOND
26-across – Tense chapter after close of Jamaica Inn describes plot : PATCH
27-across – Housekeeper’s high and barely mighty : DANVERS
28-across – Set sail with du Maurier’s ultimate former model : LUSARDI
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – This French writer of note ruined PhD — the making of Daphne du Maurier … : RAMEAU
2-down – … American press on supporting British admirer of George : BUSHIE
3-down – Conventional bridge tactic induced big slams : CUEBIDDING
4-down – See 12 : AGAIN
5-down – Relief for suffering fan sealing last passage on top of Menabilly : COCODAMOL
6-down – Castle Dor missing introduction about fair : ROOK
7-down – Papers covering artistic setting in Cornwall after the writer’s done copy : IMITATED
8-down – Pause is at The Breaking Point : HESITATE
13-down – Aspects I see represented over top of York? : CITYSCAPES
15-down – Means to uplift sea lover, moved with impression of Troy : ELEVATORS
16-down – With bands announced, follower of Q is not half engrossed : STRIATED
17-down – Just a little boy swallowing a fly : SMIDGEON
19-down – See 25 : WINTER
20-down – See 12 : NIGHTI
23-down – Heading for Polmear, load up bike : PEDAL
24-down – Summer for French crowned by the start of Fowey Festival : FETE
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.