This crossword No. 28153 clues and answers were published on Sat 06 Jun 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 28153 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Hearts, say, fit: officer leads : MAJORSUIT
10-across – See 22 : AHOPE
11-across – Band that’s tough is flipping fresh : SINEW
12-across – Secretly at home, soldier : INPRIVATE
13-across – Top revolver : SPINNER
14-across – Relative aboard vessel, drifter : VAGRANT
17-across – One with endless despair in White House : IGLOO
19-across – Lament, from this day even, bearing loss : FOR
20-across – Compare similar types caught by mine, killed when thrown back : LIKEN
21-across – Might one be posted to cover defensive walls amidst rifle shot? : FIELDER
22-across – Character on 28 in band, one ultimately doomed : WITHOUT
24-across – See 19 : THEFALLEN
26-across – Recollection of first of explosions sounding intolerable, over Normandy? : NOISE
28-across – Noted German advance finally stops — here? : BEACH
29-across – This sign marking 24 across partially coinciding with 28 : CROSSWORD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – He prophesied awesome men of steel, leaders all : AMOS
2-down – Starts to delight Jack in drinking local spirit : DJINNI
3-down – Line entering trap on 28 — experience missed 19 24 : GROWINGOLD
4-down – One overwhelmed by 28 horror ultimately — one so young : JUNIOR
5-down – Die: finished in resting place : STOPOVER
6-down – Mark fighter for country : MALI
7-down – Weapon ending in dirt on 28, work for evacuation? : TOMAHAWK
8-down – Where D-Day remembered in the requiem : HERE
13-down – Runner, very strong little boat : SKIFF
15-down – Character standing upright in battered line: stage set : GELATINISE
16-down – Belief: it could go either way : TENET
18-down – Main elegy almost unnatural for loyal old chap : LIEGEMAN
19-down – Army getting to grips with something raw — that’s hairy : FORELOCK
22-down – Pale fashion abandoned : WANTON
23-down – Supporting other ranks, I issue prayer : ORISON
24-down – Brass shown by neighbour emerging from the depths? : TUBA
25-down – Hurt in store, heading off : ACHE
27-down – Objectives in decisive operation achieved, heroes every one in conclusion : ENDS
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.