This crossword No. 28602 clues and answers were published on Sat 13 Nov 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 28602 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Final instructions I’m following for prince or king : WILLIAM
5-across – Put in charge by king or queen in spot where mace etc are kept : SPICERY
9-across – Villain dramatically trapping male monarch, say, finally : IMAGO
10-across – Eg king and queen making formal speeches : SETPIECES
11-across – Duke upset person : DESPONDENT
12-across – Unwanted messages monarch’s opening after spring : SPAM
14-across – Extremely lavish directions in information for buyers : PRINCELIEST
18-across – Writer about prince using computer I have changed, returned with complaint : MACHIAVELLI
21-across – Cheat man most removed in rank from king or queen : ROOK
22-across – I turn up so disturbed about a dethronement, possibly : USURPATION
25-across – Disadvantage in wobbliness about word ER avoids? : LIABILITY
26-across – Henry’s protege having Tudor name, up to a point : ELIZA
27-across – Queen’s location once, no good situation : SHEBANG
28-across – What devoted followers show ruling family initially changing side : LOYALTY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Royal vow about Irish oddball : WEIRDO
2-down – Communicate part of regalia is Edwardian : LIAISE
3-down – Moorish prince oddly represented in same structure : ISOMORPHIC
4-down – Silently reflected unlike Victoria, famously losing head : MUSED
5-down – Like evil so-called prince, a last Inca butchered : SATANICAL
6-down – Flag man honoured by monarch and I hoisted : IRIS
7-down – With prince, he revised code : ENCIPHER
8-down – English paper royal couple turned up in Californian park : YOSEMITE
13-down – How crowning moment arrives? You, we hear, may tell it otherwise : ULTIMATELY
15-down – Performing part of coronation that could make money : INVESTING
16-down – Jewels from Queen pocketed by damsel in distress? : EMERALDS
17-down – Conservative old boy included in excellent royal award : ACCOLADE
19-down – What’s satisfying about one answer, like Cordelia’s response to Lear : FILIAL
20-down – Like crowned head lying, hard? : UNEASY
23-down – One often on tabloid page? This is bigger than that : ROYAL
24-down – Help a princess on stage : AIDA
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.