This crossword No. 28165 clues and answers were published on Sat 20 Jun 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 28165 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Outspoken person desiring brilliance : LUSTRE
5-across – Plane’s nose sparkling white and red in take-off : PASTICHE
9-across – Travelling performances of Puccini, say, not for everyone? That could be a plus : OPERATOR
10-across – Delicately woven clothing a French folly : LUNACY
11-across – Bank of Scotland’s audacious, but not very : BRAE
12-across – Swindler set up online financial service : MOUNTEBANK
13-across – Chat up line is cutting in Paris? : HILTON
14-across – In passing through on vacation, I’m off outside : BYTHEBYE
16-across – The writer’s online chatter, maybe, is a sham : IMPOSTER
19-across – Author’s loose ladies inspiring human race : SALMAN
21-across – An idiot is stifling man’s opposition : ANTITHESIS
23-across – Wrong choice that is no choice at all? : TORT
24-across – Victory sign can be different : VARIES
25-across – Pass on a boring old man’s song of worship : DIESIRAE
26-across – Kind fellow, one showing a character’s style : TYPEFACE
27-across – Numbers of Germans were dishonest on retreats : LIEDER
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Unfit for the house party, a urinal men trashed : UNPARLIAMENTARY
3-down – Right plugs for hire in deluge : TORRENT
4-down – In Paris, is buddy by Web cafe? : ESTAMINET
5-down – Kind of wine seller’s rising trouble : PERTURB
6-down – Separate clues about to be cracked by learner : SPLIT
7-down – Soldier lifted head outside of Lebanese base : IGNOBLE
8-down – Taxi, one involved in East London drivers’ spat? : HACKNEYCARRIAGE
15-down – Mollusc crushed husks swallowed by folk hero : TUSKSHELL
17-down – Providing gold and diamond rings in opening : ORIFICE
18-down – See 19 : RUSHDIE
20-down – Alert in manoeuvres, soldiers go here : LATRINE
22-down – I’m surprised about the main biblical figure : HOSEA
This crossword has in total 28 where 16 are across and 12 are down.