This crossword No. 24397 clues and answers were published on Sat 24 May 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24397 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Split atom in garden turned by worm : NEMATODE
9-across – Start with the in crowd? Hardly : OUTSET
10-across – Perforate flower : PINK
11-across – Home to bird holding back infestation of the bowel : INTESTINAL
12-across – Sea dweller’s far from generous about seafarers : MERMAN
14-across – Palette devised to capture Manet’s first model : TEMPLATE
15-across – Colour in cartoon character : TINTIN
17-across – Sunny on departure from resort : BRIGHT
20-across – Current keeping river hot : TROPICAL
22-across – Beer to please foreign king : BITTER
23-across – Hexed but healthy, taking lead, covering length : SPELLBOUND
24-across – Young mammal with a young insect : PUPA
25-across – Group relations offensive in Vietnam? : SEXTET
26-across – Difficult or easy to make squirm : TICKLISH
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Hemmed in, receiving coin for crowning feature : PEDIMENT
2-down – Note in the old money : MARK
3-down – Cream’s to turn up in the cat : LOTION
4-down – Delicate but lively character securing return of service : GOSSAMER
5-down – Rude remark about Journey to Illumination : STRIPLIGHT
6-down – Historical meal? : REPAST
8-down – Being – supreme one – not beginning to absorb books about himself? : ENTITY
13-down – Handle partner holding a flower up : MANIPULATE
16-down – 10-1 debacle involving island brood : INCUBATE
18-down – It’s a sin to put hair in the bath? On the contrary! : TRESPASS
19-down – Relative was active before display : FLAUNT
21-down – See 22 : RIPPER
22-down – Dancer imprisoning gambler on island in racy novel : BODICE
24-down – What the ALF might do to fur? : PELT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.