This crossword No. 28117 clues and answers were published on Sat 25 Apr 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 28117 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Bird box has string : SPARROW
5-across – Order her gift and ring worker : FIGHTER
9-across – Office anger around men at the back : POSTERIOR
10-across – Bits of poetry from writer’s American rubbish : IAMBS
11-across – Director hurt when going over shot : DRAM
12-across – Keep stiff and carry on : STRONGHOLD
14-across – Pick up one old lover for bit on the side? : ANNEXE
15-across – Warms up again — run races to conserve energy : REHEATS
16-across – See 21 : POPPINS
18-across – Peer into 27 annual : YEARLY
20-across – In ring take in swinging punch : ROUNDHOUSE
21-across – Banks employed her pimp: any pros let go : MARY
24-across – Met in New York, perhaps old prince getting ‘date’ : OPERA
25-across – What’s limiting hairdressing? Girl’s small mirror : HANDGLASS
26-across – One pardoning former addict smuggling cocaine : EXCUSER
27-across – Americans pull and make out when going back : YANKEES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Tasty dish mostly ordered with a starter of pasta : SAPID
2-down – One blackbird’s heading over spot to sit on fence : ABSTAIN
3-down – Smoke half of joint, then kip : REEK
4-down – Strange how he let Mrs sit back on chair for painting : WHISTLERSMOTHER
5-down – Bond that’s top secret : FORYOUREYESONLY
6-down – Setting out third piece in auction with a lot in the sale? : GOINGCHEAP
7-down – Closed with maiden, cricketer we hear gets draw : TOMBOLA
8-down – Lives on borders : RESIDES
13-down – Inside after going to pubs : BEHINDBARS
16-down – Penny, excited with love, grabbing partner’s bottom, having endless sex drive : PURPOSE
17-down – He wrote notes by page with cryptic clue on : POULENC
19-down – Greenery in meadow following season : LEAFAGE
22-down – More than one sure pharmacy’s closing: couple of tablets needed? : YESES
23-down – Local not for an alcoholic drink : AGIN
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.