This crossword No. 28494 clues and answers were published on Sat 10 Jul 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 28494 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Taste had been sampled by mate? : PALATE
4-across – Stoppage in existence after store failing to close : STASIS
9-across – I travel, did you say? : ROME
10-across – One alarmed by wheels in old scanner : CARDREADER
11-across – A tease erasing mark on ballot paper, that doesn’t apply : VIENNA
12-across – A queen filling cups behind vessel : CANBERRA
13-across – I recall religious celebration certainly justified, originally : JERUSALEM
15-across – Gather pen : FOLD
16-across – Some hogwash, so that’s flipping nonsense : TOSH
17-across – Meaningful study in a mess with voiding of contract, unfortunately : SEMANTICS
21-across – Parrot claiming advantage, having nipped a hand : APPLAUSE
22-across – Dark energy familiar, not entirely : GOTHIC
24-across – Manipulated figure, one in voice returning to punch comrade : MARIONETTE
25-across – A A endlessly sozzled? : BAKU
26-across – I fluffed the shot : TEHRAN
27-across – A hint that’s neither across nor down : ASCENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Study condition on the rise caught by man in the street : PROFILE
2-down – Long rest right, I must be snookered? : LIEIN
3-down – Perfectly framing repeated note, a piece of music : TOCCATA
5-down – A nice one bordering country : TIRANA
6-down – On a trip, passed in jet : SPACEDOUT
7-down – Shaved organ found in ditch : SHEARED
8-down – Fish in whipped cream served in temporary homes, lesser building units? : TRACEELEMENTS
14-down – Exploding sun, delicate and magical kind : UNSELFISH
16-down – Brown keeping Blair perhaps in post? : TOPMAST
18-down – A craft is large : ALGIERS
19-down – Where leg is on insect : CRICKET
20-down – A Zulu and African bands : LUANDA
23-down – Item of furniture fixed, though top is scratched : TABLE
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.