This crossword No. 28913 clues and answers were published on Sat 12 Nov 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 28913 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Move like snake towards bottom, slow and stop : WINDDOWN
9-across – Quickly put together ladder to place above : RUNUP
10-across – They replaced little piles of sand in river : TEES
11-across – Motivation seen in mother after winter : MAINSPRING
12-across – How to get an anagram, of course : SOURCE
14-across – Connoisseurs who consume timeless movies online? : EPICURES
15-across – Delivered letter indicating possession — sign in colour : RESCUED
17-across – Stereotypical heavy drinkers creating trouble or breaking vessel : SAILORS
20-across – Pester with an Asian drink, Japanese port : NAGASAKI
22-across – Missing female, shed a tear outside, showing passion : ARDENT
23-across – It controls amount of moisture I mixed with mud, that is : HUMIDISTAT
24-across – One of the two letters one should mind by bad and nasty person : PILL
25-across – Literary lion using a non-standard lexicon, mostly : ASLAN
26-across – Getting over the hill? It’s about taking it easy : CRESTING
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Guide old lady around hazard on road : CICERONE
2-down – First part of African capital one’s withdrawn, notes as well : ADDS
3-down – O’ Mice and Men, initially composed as left-wing : COMMIE
4-down – Stimulate new learner I put in uniform : ENLIVEN
5-down – Leading part and another taken from actress — I’d a female title role : CRESSIDA
6-down – Sorted out blunder without anxiety : UNTROUBLED
7-down – Soak or wash, in a way : SPONGE
13-down – With solid support, a kid’s father makes music : ROCKABILLY
16-down – Don’t blow up things with charges — they could help one get away : EVASIONS
18-down – Vexatious order crossing line : RANKLING
19-down – Use special scissors covering slit up in piece of decorative needlework : PINTUCK
21-down – Desert animal a couple raised in modern times : AOUDAD
22-down – Post-war leader emerging from battle energised : ATTLEE
24-down – Boxers, for example, swap some neat jabs — just the finalists : PETS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.