This crossword No. 27639 clues and answers were published on Sat 13 Oct 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27639 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Presence of character : SPIRIT
4-across – Gripping wheel, daughters treasure fairground ride : DODGEM
9-across – Deceit’s back in anagram of a hazy mirage : FATA
10-across – Commercial establishment isn’t entertaining head of staff in routine job : CHAINSTORE
11-across – See 16 : CURTIS
12-across – National sport in Green Park initially rejected : PERUVIAN
13-across – Savagery in pubs, it ending in affray : BARBARITY
15-across – Bear fur, say, skinned : URSA
16-across – New country with its old player : TONY
17-across – Wearing dress, emcee beginning to tremble as place emptied : GHOSTTOWN
21-across – Rare earth element cut out with impure rocks : EUROPIUM
22-across – What feeds ill-considered second use of an idea? : REHASH
24-across – Work of Maupassant, perhaps in schoolboy attire, blue : SHORTSTORY
25-across – Book doesn’t start to cover a state : UTAH
26-across – See 23 : NUMBER
27-across – No great effort to produce wind : BREEZE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Implement — it is inspiring me to collect last of fondant? : SPATULA
2-down – It’s hard to accept that my pants keep getting caught on the stile? : ICANT
3-down – Icons at sea in Irish cutter : INCISOR
5-down – Those in debt stuffed by new landlords, say? : OWNERS
6-down – See 2 : GETOVERIT
7-down – See 9 : MORGANA
8-down – Beetle, dog, cat, budgie and pig manure cleaner : CARPETSHAMPOO
14-down – Try to break stick on unusual percussion instrument : BONGODRUM
16-down – Reinforce huge churns in vast weight : TOUGHEN
18-down – Can of deodorant, say, close to armpits on monk, perhaps? : SPRAYER
19-down – A rutter in the Guardian — how much lost? : WASTAGE
20-down – Broadsheet ultimately put out weak paper : TISSUE
23-down – One river carrying another over neighbour’s head, how might property be located? : HOUSE
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.