This crossword No. 28518 clues and answers were published on Sat 07 Aug 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 28518 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Pioneer in surgery, one keeling over? : LISTER
4-across – Get better business in advance : PICKUP
9-across – Endangered species with misguided emphasis on saving ourselves, primarily? : HOMO
10-across – Quality of chef that divides a country : COOKSTRAIT
11-across – Name of organ — forget it! : NOFEAR
12-across – Pot filled with starter of ratatouille, call for dinner : PRANDIAL
13-across – Lean back into serve for gritty and absorbing stuff : CATLITTER
15-across – See 4 : LINE
16-across – Project ending in failure — might sacking come from that? : JUTE
17-across – Story just in Scandinavian folk literature initially remains alongside novel : NEWSFLASH
21-across – Laid to rest, where shoe may have stepped, did you say? : INTERRED
22-across – Forceful and effective church, weak externally : PUNCHY
24-across – Brown’s income, bulky : CUMBERSOME
25-across – Pancake given second prod almost collapsed : DROP
26-across – Carelessness in kiss stolen by ordinary people : LAXITY
27-across – Value ship upon high seas : ASSESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Operatic heroine alone, or otherwise : LEONORA
2-down – See 25 : SCONE
3-down – Piece right, apart from clasps : EXCERPT
5-down – Erection of some flats, ninety put in : INSTAL
6-down – Precautions learnt by the way, training bred into little ’uns in the main? : KERBDRILL
7-down – Fish placed between meat and two veg, might taking issue here prove costly? : PRIVATE
8-down – Total fool playing lotto with epidemic : COMPLETEIDIOT
14-down – Door opening, Spooner discussing enhanced security system? : LETTERBOX
16-down – Flower in centre of Beijing adorning bedcover, detailed : JONQUIL
18-down – See 9 : SAPIENS
19-down – See 7 : SCHOOLS
20-down – A northern English vale runs up biblical mountain : ARARAT
23-down – Girl’s head coming through as newborn appears — push gently! : NUDGE
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.