This crossword No. 29266 clues and answers were published on Sat 30 Dec 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 29266 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Ace airman flying goods across the ocean : AMERICANA
10-across – King gets into honky-tonk? It’s a long 25 : DRIVE
11-across – Onset of soldier’s suffering, one getting 25 : SHELL
12-across – Rotten sneak given fleece clothing material : SNAKESKIN
13-across – One may get 25 of tequila at first, tucking into a salad ingredient : ACTRESS
14-across – Having trouble, handles boring idiots heartlessly : INAMESS
17-across – Reporter’s disdainful utterances for a 25, say : BOOZE
19-across – Themed bar even places 25 to be taken from here : TEE
20-across – Imitation gold put back by salesman : REPRO
21-across – Subdued clothing a model from the 1910s changed : MUTATED
22-across – Written method poorly grasped by Bank of Scotland : BRAILLE
24-across – Sweet confection, or an Emmental sandwich? : SWISSROLL
26-across – Big 25 in band pocketing millions : SMASH
28-across – Someone like Lenin kept in check by firm beliefs : CREDO
29-across – Ageless English politician carries gun around : EVERGREEN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – 24 downs in the face, perhaps, or 25s in the arm : JABS
2-down – Get 25 of Charlie on plane tours : REJECT
3-down – Maybe 25 put in air by cricketer, almost : FIELDEVENT
4-down – Cordial nitwit admitted to not having changed gender? : CASSIS
5-down – Where 25 is put, perhaps weekly : MAGAZINE
6-down – U2 member pollarded row of privets, say : EDGE
7-down – Truck laden with case of Moselle – it’s a 25 in the arm : PICKMEUP
8-down – Director’s angle 25 not good : LEAN
13-down – Almost totally wrong place to put 25 : ALBUM
15-down – Praise gas supply under a ventilation system : AIRPASSAGE
16-down – What a good 25 may do, or 20 : SCORE
18-down – Long 25 succeeded? I had to cut part of archer’s target : OUTSIDER
19-down – Cheers policeman arresting European pond life : TADPOLES
22-down – Rubbish poet not half getting a 25 in the arm : BULLET
23-down – Big 25 in artistic songs, we’re told : LEADER
24-down – Note label of designer garment : SOCK
25-down – Dipso guzzling hard liquor, say : SHOT
27-down – Characters hiding in patch in the shade : HINT
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.