This crossword No. 24373 clues and answers were published on Sat 26 Apr 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24373 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Stools are unable to ‘urt? : ARMLESS
5-across – White people on unemployment benefit the state rejected : ALBUMEN
9-across – 11 of B, source of literature that’s black and white? : PENGUIN
10-across – Fabulous bird no charge, so to speak? : PHOENIX
11-across – Female in church cuts pack to reveal Joker, perhaps : ARCHENEMY
12-across – Female in church cuts pack to reveal Joker, perhaps: some find it tough : DITTO
13-across – Shift bandage : DRESS
15-across – See 7 : MERCILESS
17-across – Fool put on stage demonstrating rigid movement : GOOSESTEP
19-across – 11 of LS’s race had to claim victory over ruler : DARTH
22-across – Spontaneous note well hidden in pound, unopened : UNBID
23-across – 11 of HP’s protest, having run into something potentially shocking : VOLDEMORT
25-across – 11 of JB’s b-brain without a drug left, died : BLOFELD
26-across – An outburst about one’s misery : ANGUISH
27-across – 11 of B, one peppering with shot? : RIDDLER
28-across – Time for this PM to close report, ultimately : TONIGHT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Praise a second course about mountain climbing : APPLAUD
2-down – Continental relative of mine drops second name, which the 9 saw through : MONOCLE
3-down – Develop English leader over old Italian one : EDUCE
4-down – Cooler head under this UN leadership in fix : SUNHELMET
5-down – Use as a fruit, perhaps? : APPLY
6-down – Mad world I found in plot, as finished by Sassoon? : BLOWDRIED
7-down – 11 of FG: 11? Catholic individual put in mix with Nazis : MINGTHE
8-down – Unpleasant sort of stock admitting one into student union : NOXIOUS
14-down – Flower, source of drug, perhaps? : SPEEDWELL
16-down – Regret holding everyone up – it’s offensive : REPELLANT
17-down – Mercenary: good one causing friction? : GRUBBER
18-down – Black throne room in dark blue city not in favour of reddish-brown : OXBLOOD
20-down – Carnival scene can start to generate public disorder : RIOTING
21-down – Celebrity’s stolen picture : HOTSHOT
23-down – See 19 : VADER
24-down – Encourage gastronome to swallow his own head? : EGGON
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.