This crossword No. 28721 clues and answers were published on Sat 02 Apr 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 28721 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – Fear, being tone-deaf etc, some instruments or others : FLUTES
6-across – Discovered a bit of corn planted in line, not cut : LEARNT
9-across – Particular kinds of speech — ear got some, but only some : ARGOTS
10-across – A point going in one : UNAWARES
11-across – At this point, use your ears, by the sound of it : HERE
12-across – Finished in a triple time tempo, finally dealt with : ATTENDEDTO
13-across – Entering and leaving canals? Not 12 or 24 : INONEEARAND
18-across – Uses what’s between ears, has fun with left to right shift : CEREBRATES
21-across – Visibly less happy lacking attention — hence row : TIER
22-across – Note echoed later, splitting ears in disturbed city : BRISBANE
23-across – End of list that guy had permanently fixed in memory, metaphorically : ETCHED
24-across – Lacking lead, the editors considered : HEEDED
25-across – Note from one kind of singer heard : TENNER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Like Van Gogh, for instance — messed up, with one ear : EUROPEAN
2-down – Attentive female occupying stage is happy : GEISHA
3-down – Servant who doesn’t let things go 13 8? : RETAINER
4-down – Know how to put in anagram of ear in cryptic : ARCANE
5-down – Composed, having prepared in advance without hearing organ : FORMED
7-down – Hear about breakfast or lunch, or possibly tea? It’s a deal : TREATY
8-down – See 13 : OUTTHEOTHER
14-down – Recounts how ears could be disturbed with rant : NARRATES
15-down – Becoming aware of, in a form of cognition, once nothing’s omitted : NOTICING
16-down – Comb what protrudes from head in school : SEARCH
17-down – That woman’s rising musical ability makes us listen again : REHEAR
19-down – One that hears about eg Joan of Arc in French festival : EASTER
20-down – Piece from austere orchestra in enhanced sound system : STEREO
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.