This crossword No. 28458 clues and answers were published on Sat 29 May 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 28458 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Orange books in lift : CARROTY
8-across – Everything flipping right in lemon fool : DULLARD
9-across – Hybrid melon, one scooped out for party : GALA
10-across – Maestro placing last bits of crab apple on the new cooker : BEETHOVEN
12-across – Extra strawberries finally cut : SPARE
13-across – Large ripe damson that man has picked : HANDSOME
15-across – Fruit in slippery gunk, initially wiped : LIME
16-across – Japanese food: a little clementine marked ‘From the East’ : RAMEN
17-across – Renaissance composer producing sound of kiwi, say? : BYRD
18-across – Cherry always cut by me for saviour : REDEEMER
20-across – Yet to consume each peach : BEAUT
21-across – Confused flavour, lychee lacking pulp in conclusion : ENTANGLED
22-across – Some of the durian rejected — like a raspberry? : RUDE
24-across – A jar containing mostly mellow fruit : APRICOT
25-across – Sweet plum filled with cream, originally : CHOCICE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Father requiring pair of pears, oddly : PAPA
2-down – Feast in fruit for large animal : GREATAPE
3-down – Sturdy bill prodding fruit, first of oils extracted : STABLE
4-down – US president with endless fruit: a good deal to eat, but no starter : BUCHANAN
5-down – Nothing is fruit : OLIVES
6-down – Country importing really amazing nectarines, primarily : IRAN
11-down – Passing hard prune stone, with Pepe’s bowels opening? : EPHEMERAL
12-down – Date boxes in European river : SEINE
14-down – David’s subject picking up some fruit, a rambutan : MARAT
16-down – Staff pressing fruit for Bacchus, say? : ROMANGOD
17-down – Event finding seed in pear, we hear? : BOATRACE
19-down – Involve last of fruit in a line, stewed : ENTAIL
20-down – Spiritual teacher with friend had nuts : BUDDHA
21-down – See inexpensive fruits, cheap and nasty, ultimately : ESPY
23-down – Dodge mandarin, for example : DUCK
This crossword has in total 30 where 15 are across and 15 are down.