This crossword No. 24755 clues and answers were published on Sat 18 Jul 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24755 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Killer back in work, one tied up on board : TOPSAIL
5-across – Bank is reversing into bus garage : DEPOSIT
9-across – I spill the beans, choked by surprisingly artful prisoners : FIRST
10-across – Thin person originally filling carriage; he ate all the pies! : GREEDYPIG
11-across – See 9 : PERSONSINGULAR
13-across – After looping the loop, Red Arrows fly from here : OCHE
14-across – Diagram showing the average to take to the left, gaining height : BARGRAPH
17-across – Such a hotel might be in favour of accommodating bear scoffing last of breakfast : FOURSTAR
18-across – River takes poem to river : ODER
21-across – Clothes fasteners securing border bind poorly — whatever next! : THEMINDBOGGLES
23-across – Again letting out? Yes! : RELEASING
24-across – Cool, hot below : NEATH
25-across – Wonderful character getting thinner : ACETONE
26-across – Ending in defeat, dabbler’s move rubbish : TWADDLE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Some part of uninspired vegetarian’s diet : TOFU
2-down – Drink gets the pub down, which is novel : PORTERHOUSEBLUE
3-down – So positionally top-class crickets declare : ATTEST
4-down – Big name for big toe? : LEGEND
5-down – Hymn fades, one listener having turned up : DIESIRAE
6-down – Psychiatrist’s head gets back into anxious teaching : PEDAGOGY
7-down – How business works flexibly, joiner having called up daughter : SUPPLYANDDEMAND
8-down – Ferocious swimmer good during rows? Listen! : TIGERSHARK
12-down – Antipodean machine with multiple teats of ice water malfunctioning : COWFETARIA
15-down – A fool so upstanding given to repeated musical expression : OSTINATO
16-down – Get Paul’s explosive : LANDMINE
19-down – Sound type wanted : SOUGHT
20-down – Zulu offering conclusions along with a nation : UGANDA
22-down – Bottom off bicycle part, I’m running down the hill! : WHEE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.