This crossword No. 28374 clues and answers were published on Sat 20 Feb 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 28374 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – 10001000 teachers might be kind of shy : COCONUT
8-across – Labour employs leading economist over article for growth : TOENAIL
9-across – Small child’s slide? : SKID
10-across – Old church’s financial backers lose pound sterling in trades : EXCHANGES
12-across – Break back carrying wife’s deposits as security : PAWNS
13-across – They send out Mister Messy to collect note : EMITTERS
15-across – In the end policies bore, admit focus groups : SETS
16-across – Partners suppress anger with alarm : SIREN
17-across – Remove stolen contents : WIPE
18-across – Plant has Ubers manufactured : SEASHRUB
20-across – Perhaps Shakespeare eats no meals : BOARD
21-across – Kept, as are exotic birds : PARAKEETS
22-across – Cricket, maybe, is mega-excited : GAME
24-across – Gap garment a third off — over nine grand! : OPENING
25-across – Something unusual in books about lovesick Yankee : NOVELTY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Men bowled over by fine bird … : ROOK
2-down – … and more court daughter with slow dancing : WOODOWLS
3-down – College in Cambridge or in New York? : QUEENS
4-down – Number it: a 100 written up as symbols : NOTATION
5-down – Champion in utter darkness : KNIGHT
6-down – Nails cut up : PINS
11-down – Former party leader inherits real mess and can be excused : CLEARABLE
12-down – A little bit of quiet on the radio : PIECE
14-down – Even reversing, I would be quick : RAPID
16-down – It’s beautiful out : STRIKING
17-down – Arguments with scientists about fish : WRANGLES
19-down – Hit golf ball badly over river, then withdrew : SHRANK
20-down – Holy man to dance around his building : BISHOP
21-down – Dads drink on Sunday : POPS
23-down – Worried to support married couple : MATE
This crossword has in total 30 where 15 are across and 15 are down.