This crossword No. 27986 clues and answers were published on Sat 23 Nov 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 27986 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Something to do with a turkey claiming ’e’s least like a chicken? : PLUCKIEST
10-across – Captivated by beachwear, thoroughly dirty sod? : EARTH
11-across – Trump, in a sad bully : RUFFIAN
12-across – List of workers in survey about Scottish town : PAYROLL
13-across – Thin metal block : FOIL
14-across – Dummy for Fraserburgh ends in promotion of Scottish city? : DUNDERHEAD
16-across – Man United : HUSBAND
17-across – Mark as dealt with in audition for author : CHEKHOV
19-across – Good news after delivery in Scottish town : MOTHERWELL
22-across – A group of soldiers, verily : AMEN
24-across – Secured by locks on animal, put away marine creature : MANATEE
25-across – Indicators nearly all expendable : NEEDLES
26-across – Girl I sigh about : NAOMI
27-across – Hormone is found in large quantity in heart : CORTISONE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Snap taken after vacation: mum’s photo free to edit : SPUROFTHEMOMENT
2-down – Some potatoes under wet ground lifted in Scottish town : DUMFRIES
3-down – Breaking surface, last of three geese flying : SKEIN
4-down – Spooner’s chicken that’s hungry, possibly, for vegetarian food : BEANCURD
5-down – Casanova nursing constant rash : STUPID
6-down – American novel on delivery : NEWYORKER
7-down – Poet Tennyson’s babbler in recital? : BROOKE
8-down – She’s a manicurist, you might say, cutting end of finger in Hitchcock film : THELADYVANISHES
15-down – Very slight inconvenience circumnavigating Scottish city : PAPERTHIN
17-down – A duck turned over in Indian dish, heart removed for cooking : CULINARY
18-down – See 23 : HAMILTON
20-down – Length of fibrous tissue, end of cord going into joint : TENDON
21-down – No-good gag read out : WRETCH
23-down – Speeding driver in Scottish isle and town : LEWIS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.