This crossword No. 27716 clues and answers were published on Sat 12 Jan 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27716 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Report covering achievement, having abandoned a refuge : SAFETY
4-across – Firing weapon, one flying straight over ship, then boat cut in half : CROSSBOW
9-across – Not quite noon, expected later : NEARLY
10-across – Brief hint: solver needs answer that’s water off Australia : TIMORSEA
11-across – Short script edited with info and photo that’s traditionally found in newspaper : PORTIONOFCHIPS
13-across – Backing of king sufficient, say : FOREXAMPLE
14-across – Accordingly caught by better goalkeeper : ERGO
16-across – Pavilion ultimately remains — his design? : NASH
18-across – Children’s author admitting actions an online threat : RANSOMWARE
21-across – Like track I see in English city, start of line from small village? : ALASPOORYORICK
23-across – Right battle it’s clear : CONSOMME
24-across – Announcement of written arrangement, a charge on smokers etc? : SINTAX
25-across – Grand people in sweaty shifts : STEINWAY
26-across – Film us leaving cat with tailless dog : PSYCHO
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Air circulating on jumbo jets all finally used up : SONG
2-down – Suggestion: somewhere to go in all seasons : FLAVOUR
3-down – Source of news then oddly allowed after, not leader : TELETEXT
5-down – Review of short play in theatre adaptation? : RHINOPLASTY
6-down – Slump that was painful after gutting of sawmill : SLOUCH
7-down – Top row of vehicles? : BUSTIER
8-down – Shower mat slipping on top of that : WHATSMORE
12-down – Beastly sound arising, father’s about to threaten diminutive figure : OOMPALOOMPA
13-down – Spanish Steps short of energy dry up — entertainment, barely? : FANDANCES
15-down – Clever lot, males promoted before relations : SMARTIES
17-down – Playwright born a Native American : SHAWNEE
19-down – Small vinegary drinks for abstainer, perhaps? : ASCETIC
20-down – Complex put on private residential area : UPTOWN
22-down – Fair old pan having bottom scrubbed : EXPO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.