This crossword No. 24457 clues and answers were published on Sat 02 Aug 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24457 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – Museum left to antiaesthete : VANDAL
6-across – Helping with what happens at toy hospital? : DOLLOP
9-across – Actor’s graffiti in the gents, perhaps? : BOGART
10-across – Top brand of cigarette, capturing heart of 11, goes west : PULLOVER
11-across – The available alternatives to United going to pieces : MENU
12-across – Royal road lined with royal hypocrisy concerning trade : MERCANTILE
13-across – Global teams treated defective cell : MEGALOBLAST
18-across – It’s a flowering plant – two girls said so : POLYANTHUS
21-across – Gladly f-fib first : LIEF
22-across – Nail securing unattributed church rules : CANONLAW
23-across – Managed to break spooks’ skulls : CRANIA
24-across – Odds on bum being anything but thick : SPARSE
25-across – Bright little thing starting to sing of horse : SEQUIN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Cruelty to insects that’s supposed to help with rehab : ANTABUSE
2-down – What you put mouse on to catch up with chicken, perhaps : BANTAM
3-down – Register phone with higher pitch : ROLLCALL
4-down – Charity collecting nothing on time? Not quite : ALMOST
5-down – Nameless wild flower : VIOLET
7-down – Bound over the foreign dish : PAELLA
8-down – Rapacious bird, in flash, devouring rank fruit : SPARROWHAWK
14-down – Recorder’s catalogue of old foreign coins : ANNALIST
15-down – Black friend aboard public transport brought up creamy confection : SYLLABUB
16-down – Model straddling artist in first half of 9 : MORASS
17-down – Auspicious force invades country : BENIGN
19-down – Solvers once chased by country farmer : YEOMAN
20-down – Dupe’s audible relief : SUCKER
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.