This crossword No. 28584 clues and answers were published on Sat 23 Oct 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 28584 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Getting ready for the start of punitive damages : PREPARATION
9-across – Drink and party endlessly wearing skirt : MARTINI
10-across – Chocolate confections which are usually eaten about midday : TIFFINS
11-across – Plank 8? : TWOBYFOUR
12-across – Little picture of poinsettias : INSET
13-across – Your money’s worth giving for tea clue? : RATE
14-across – See 13 : OFEXCHANGE
16-across – Fastidiousness of society rip-off : PRECIOSITY
19-across – Extremely ambitious politicians: one of them killed Shakespeare’s Cleopatra : ASPS
21-across – Singers reported in the paper : CHOIR
22-across – Current conductor left inside motor starter : MAELSTROM
24-across – Rubbish surface turned into something suitable for lawn : AERATOR
25-across – Height of sculpture is about right : STATURE
26-across – Sea essentially still and flat : EMOTIONLESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – As expected in what you do, keep hearing you are to follow strange echo : PARFORTHECOURSE
2-down – Provide enlightenment and exalt leader stepping down : EDIFY
3-down – An aristocrat who swings both ways is not quite right : ABITOFF
4-down – All NHS leaders have duty to protect personnel from infectious disease : ANTHRAX
5-down – Nightlife mostly turns into a type of entertainment for high flyers : INFLIGHT
6-down – Without a doubt, transfusions with blood regularly administered : NOIFSANDSORBUTS
7-down – Buyer’s pro tem infractus est : EMPTOR
8-down – Parasite seen in experimental test tubes : TSETSE
15-down – Script of bodice ripper originally found in abandoned toilet : LIBRETTO
16-down – Rejected in Vietnam: capitalist game of greed : PACMAN
17-down – Dumas’ second character Aramis could be a swordsman : SAMURAI
18-down – Ultimately just cause for betrayal : TREASON
20-down – Hermits occasionally getting into sex that’s explosive : SEMTEX
23-down – Notes on a fish? : SCALE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.