This crossword No. 28626 clues and answers were published on Sat 11 Dec 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 28626 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Statesman presenting one unfortunate king’s identity the wrong way : DISRAELI
9-across – Stated amounts of liquid that can be found in minerals : QUARTZ
10-across – Child’s complaint over silly hat in particular? Just the reverse : CATHOLIC
11-across – Abandon a book half-read after half one month or another : ABJURE
12-across – French rebuff lie about odd parts of their laissez-faire policy : NONINTERVENTION
15-across – Word used comparatively often before vote, short expression of appreciation : THANX
16-across – Dutch settler caging cross dog : BOXER
20-across – Loose-limbed fellows lately losing heart, as extra medicine is taken : SUPPLEMENTARILY
21-across – Top religious school in East with missing head : ZENITH
23-across – Take on board again unfinished wine sailors eye : REABSORB
25-across – Cricket side at Oval smoothly added to score : LEGATO
26-across – Men committed to union securing new funds : FINANCES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Deny d*** constitutes an oath : DISAVOW
2-down – See manager using spanner, note, prior to current workplace : ARCHBISHOP
3-down – Part-time physician losing a third set : JELL
4-down – Organs recurring in a service vicar’s organised : VISCERA
5-down – Old-fashioned part of word that may be extracted by certain solvers : SQUAREROOT
6-down – Experienced judge required trip to holy place : HADJ
7-down – Fame derived from imperial position by reshuffle at top : STARDOM
13-down – Go into hospital in stole — it gets attached to stretcher : TENTERHOOK
14-down – Seeking explanation for not just any old revolt : THEORISING
17-down – Following success in theatre turned up to watch very famous dancer : NUREYEV
18-down – Our existing declaration limited cricket side — lose, in effect : WEAROFF
19-down – Cleaner worked — apart from four to nine — had job in office : CLERKED
22-down – Assessed intelligence about part of army in foreign country : IRAQ
24-down – Indigenous people from area in eastern part of Honshu : AINU
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.