This crossword No. 24593 clues and answers were published on Sat 10 Jan 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24593 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Need to imprison individual, given bird for current transgressions? : CRIMEWAVE
6-across – Turn left for 18’s work : BEND
8-across – See 6 : SINISTER
9-across – Old airline approaching a country : PANAMA
10-across – See books, then a work of 18 : LOLITA
11-across – Post sack, work of 18 : PALEFIRE
12-across – Man finally after scarf to get hot : STOLEN
15-across – Watch muscle getting into condition : SPECTATE
16-across – Noble sailors in the wake of rotten stink : HIGHBORN
19-across – Field where Kipling’s Khan holds power : SPHERE
21-across – Mass killer won’t initiate search alongside a grave : ATOMBOMB
22-across – Given a very meticulous leader, I’m backing plant : MIMOSA
24-across – Enemy in action, one from Sana’a, perhaps : YEMENI
25-across – Dish bound to pong, ending at the front : KEDGEREE
26-across – Still go : SHOT
27-across – Great player has to fight in Balkan city : MOVIESTAR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Punch has old material : CHINO
2-down – First : INITIAL
3-down – More subordinate to a 27? : EXTRA
4-down – Fitting a support, large fitting : APROPOS
5-down – Shift lies with spare trainers : ESPALIERS
6-down – Use stake to secure fine tangle : BENEFIT
7-down – Miners muse over conclusion of Thatcher, appearing superior figure : NUMERATOR
13-down – Pearl divers hit their target, primarily : THIRTIETH
14-down – Economy at first breaking no record is beginning to mint fresh coinage? : NEOLOGISM
17-down – Lover of 10, one hitching from Hull, perhaps, heading for Torquay : HUMBERT
18-down – Writer brings to mouth very fine port : NABOKOV
20-down – See 17 : HUMBERT
22-down – Little thing that bites short dwarf : MIDGE
23-down – Downright thin : SHEER
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.