This crossword No. 28895 clues and answers were published on Sat 22 Oct 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 28895 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Egghead with book keeping close to picnic hampers : ENCUMBERS
10-across – Ladies content to go with you later : ADIEU
11-across – Begin with the French getting a lift : LEADOFF
12-across – More meaningless twaddle at the end — Truss turning on bank? : EMPTIER
13-across – Green target? : HOLE
14-across – Partner who’s gone to pot? Hardly : TROPHYWIFE
16-across – Angry soldiers locking one rebel leader in tower : MIRADOR
17-across – Boris who had central role in horror show : KARLOFF
19-across – Coren badly hurt by what intruders did : ENCROACHED
22-across – School board sacking head : ETON
24-across – Withdraw being caught having transgressed again : RESCIND
25-across – Means princess with child has left : CHANNEL
26-across – Get accustomed to duke leaving last : ENURE
27-across – Banker could be upset — hears bonus finally scrapped : EUPHRATES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Barker’s timeshare rarely used : SEALYHAMTERRIER
2-down – Reviews ultimately bug poor writer : SCRAWLER
3-down – Sly character’s stealing rector’s reading desks : AMBOS
4-down – He maybe crosses 25 as passenger when heat’s stifling : SEAFARER
5-down – Not alert, a PM’s making a U-turn : ASLEEP
6-down – Playing a sexy part, they’re continually assessed : TAXPAYERS
7-down – Wearing skirt to begin with at one Adriatic resort : RIMINI
8-down – One of eight failures in Qatar? Time for a reaction : QUARTERFINALIST
15-down – Hopping mad about PM concealing one name — it’s personal : ADHOMINEM
17-down – Vital periods of rest for Spooner and Bones : KNEECAPS
18-down – Phrase regularly repeated by Frost in a Torygraph piece : OSTINATO
20-down – Be overfriendly with firms? I agree : COSYUP
21-down – Old bloke and kid meeting Spice Girl who’s not current : CODGER
23-down – Join PM breaking rules? Quite the reverse! : MARRY
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.