This crossword No. 24451 clues and answers were published on Sat 26 Jul 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24451 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – One beau in the sack, which is no place for a 24 : CHINASHOP
6-across – 3’s sister to see about road : EMILY
9-across – Bird that’s covered : CAPON
10-across – Welsh boy backs surrounding Wagner’s work with 8’s, which is 28’s : WUTHERING
11-across – Drug makes insect very stupid – should be born, not died : ANTIBIOTIC
12-across – Deity in authority : THOR
14-across – Comfort for the organist? : CONSOLE
15-across – See 10 : HEIGHTS
17-across – A month in charge of pre-empting 11? : ASEPTIC
19-across – White note is not legitimate : NATURAL
20-across – Security to change levels? : LOCK
22-across – Open land and seaside feature in 10 15 : HEATHCLIFF
25-across – One of five, the first, in Scarlett’s home, a town near Rome : TARQUINIA
26-across – German lady reveals her country’s wrongdoing : FRAUD
27-across – Stand what one can stand at and live : EASEL
28-across – 6 across is second among measures : ELLISBELL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Firms need a drink : COCOA
2-down – Inability to change into £10 in coppers : IMPOTENCE
3-down – One out of three sisters – one out of nine, with brother – in stake : ANNEBRONTE
4-down – Not a single loo in the house? Explain! : HOWCOME
5-down – Moody and irritable with an appeal to be signed when heard : PETTISH
6-down – Garden, English part of : EDEN
7-down – Murdoch with her last lucky lot : IRISH
8-down – Ash covering all good day girls that repent : YGGDRASIL
13-down – Some fighting forces retain numbers for boxing : FISTICUFFS
14-down – 3’s sister’s not a good girl and the rest turn up to keep her : CHARLOTTE
16-down – Wild urchin are causing a storm : HURRICANE
18-down – Is inclined to enter church to achieve purification : CLEANSE
19-down – Game or its object? : NETBALL
21-down – Place reserved to accommodate deity : CERES
23-down – Cuban field marshal? : FIDEL
24-down – Optimistic beast? : BULL
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.