This crossword No. 27699 clues and answers were published on Sat 22 Dec 2018 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27699 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – First indications of Times Jumbo’s grace : TJUNCTION
6-across – Mid-April fly-by-nights take note : RMONTHS
12-across – Lady Day flower : LDRIVER
13-across – From next Iron Age : XGENERATION
15-across – Worried mother starting to yawn : MTHEORY
16-across – It’s very hard for us : HHOUR
17-across – Crude jokes involving level of acidity : JOSEPHK
21-across – Spanish girl by Swiss city at parts of court : BASELINES
22-across – Decorations for naval personnel getting into a spot : ADORNMENT
24-across – Strengthening supports from trees are suggested : FURS
27-across – Where one’s only just late? : MORTUARY
28-across – Born, died unknown, bereft : NEEDY
30-across – Compilers initially clue it loosely as ‘dead skin’ : CUTICLE
32-across – Henry leaving Erichplatz, troubled : ZPARTICLE
33-across – Severely criticise leading rider with one horse : RIPINTO
34-across – Son flees creepy-crawly returning, lower in bath again : REDIP
35-across – Sausage with nachos, as starter : CHORIZON
39-across – Platoon, out of condition, losing heart : UNIT
40-across – Actor gets series, which may be pulled during run : HAMSTRING
43-across – Repeatedly went and persevered : KEPTGOING
46-across – In office, female is most like Mrs Beckham : POSHEST
47-across – Snake in secret surroundings : QBOAT
48-across – State loo : GAGENTS
51-across – Sip seasoned mixer and get fat : ADIPOSENESS
52-across – Parkhead’s team : PCELTIC
53-across – Bird getting stronger, gaining weight : WAXWING
54-across – Blooms from seed Lewis scattered : EDELWEISS
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Jubilate starting Mass in church : JCLOTH
3-down – New Avengers providing lethal weapon : NERVEGAS
4-down – Man of note who works at the pub : TAVERNER
5-down – Fine artist makes gumbo : OKRA
7-down – Caesar’s big ice cream : MAGNUM
8-down – Coming from Euston on Underground : NONU
9-down – Supporter held up during time at Dover and Folkestone, say : HARBOURS
10-down – Pupils of equal ability disturbed master : STREAM
11-down – Cash advance securing cold and hot water in Scotland : LOCHAN
14-down – Roughly tie ox right there, outside : THEEXTERIOR
18-down – Ebbinghof’s not odd : BIGO
19-down – Unknown tot turning up : DDAY
20-down – Stentorian player : FFACTOR
21-down – Plump buttock outside : BROTUNDUM
23-down – Troubling, in general : ELEARNING
25-down – When to form a union, learning, we hear, of rule in the main : MARITIMELAW
26-down – Bigwig entering Switzerland? On the contrary : VCHIP
27-down – Short time in Germany to experience first Greek appetiser : MEZE
28-down – Some twenty performers : NTYPE
29-down – Frosty ground around N : YFRONTS
31-down – Thomas’s Hill plant : FERN
35-down – Anglican books of little value? : CENT
36-down – Emperor’s essential oil : OTTO
37-down – Man’s surroundings : IRISHSEA
38-down – Swimmer always put in extra length : MORAYEEL
39-down – Trouble undoing steel nut : UNSETTLE
41-down – Common US women get a new start : AROADS
42-down – Wandering Pharisees’ ire not accepted : SSHAPE
44-down – Weak seaman spoken of : WBOSON
45-down – Supplies troughs of sweet-smelling flowers : STOCKS
49-down – Poor reception for Sussex and England fast bowler : SNOW
50-down – Letters from TripAdvisor : IPAD
This crossword has in total 59 where 27 are across and 32 are down.