This crossword No. 27914 clues and answers were published on Sat 31 Aug 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27914 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Big comedown to dine with a faux French speaker? : AVALANCHE
10-across – Standard of jazz worried Spike, ladies and gentlemen, by the sound of it? : EIGHT
11-across – Quid, perhaps, charged originally to cut meat sandwiches : TOBACCO
12-across – Light in Greece, not entirely great : HELLUVA
13-across – See 23 : FOUR
14-across – See 20 : FORNOTHING
16-across – Questionable faith, a priestess ultimately loses it : HASAFIT
17-across – 50-peseta piece ready for the press? : TYPESET
19-across – Fat man, tactless : UNTHINKING
22-across – What’s up with newspaper in fictitious case, its views distorted? : HALL
24-across – What cinema promotes is of some importance : ANAGRAM
25-across – So-called trees, those found on the coastline : BEACHES
26-across – Last of all on card, Uganda: pick Kampala for African capital : DAKAR
27-across – Something written about in poem, new spins on certain verb forms : NONFINITE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Zulu had this soft touch, as travelling around desert : CASTOFTHOUSANDS
2-down – See 10 : BARBLUES
3-down – Trap fly in the ointment : CATCH
4-down – Exclusive, published extract : SCOOPOUT
5-down – Female bird impressed by male’s train, I see? : PEAHEN
6-down – Present finally wrapped up, also peel off sticker : SELLOTAPE
7-down – Scratching bottom, a disease is in large rodent : AGOUTI
8-down – Hands just level with heads in every sense : STRAIGHTFLUSHES
15-down – See 22 : OFMIRRORS
17-down – Old socialist, Spooner’s Napoleon X? : TONYBENN
18-down – Two beats for number one, perhaps? : SMASHHIT
20-down – Unpaid Hollywood actor? I don’t care much for that! : THANKS
21-down – Loose robe, child’s short one? : KIMONO
23-down – Media channel right for audio broadcasting : RADIO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.