This crossword No. 25256 clues and answers were published on Sat 26 Feb 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25256 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Wants political biopic shown in bar, Oscar contender : BLACKSWAN
6-across – Part of the house acclaimed old movie star : GABLE
9-across – Director and actor taking part in challenge : ALLEN
10-across – Common sense about where Bing and Bob went in 1947 in Hitchcock classic : NOTORIOUS
11-across – Allowed line introducing Spielberg hit : LET
12-across – Absorbing story blends peril with disruption : SPELLBINDER
14-across – Comic strips used without copyright for film texts : SCRIPTS
15-across – Far from average former great actor holding leading part in movie : EXTREME
16-across – Location of many catches, where Jaws was partly filmed : THEDEEP
19-across – Joined in editing page included in cut : SPLICED
22-across – Not a winner this time around? Perhaps on a different occasion : ANOTHERYEAR
23-across – McGraw in boxing movie : ALI
24-across – Partial angle about odd dream for superhero : SPIDERMAN
26-across – Movie star large in reputation : NOLTE
27-across – It was instrumental in making movie that got Holly Hunter an Oscar : PIANO
28-across – Lacking true grit, even retreating across river? Not so : NERVELESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Musicians who also made films, unusually able set : BEATLES
2-down – In hall, starting like team of Oscar presenters : ALLSTAR
3-down – Filmed historic event in Washington : KINGSSPEECH
4-down – Debra and others, players on the fringes : WINGERS
5-down – She’s crazy a lot in name part : NATALIE
6-down – Fish in area covered by maker of 3 down : GAR
7-down – Movie agent that’s hugging large comic strip heroine : BLONDIE
8-down – Unfinished Elm Street production in British studio location : ELSTREE
13-down – Crenelation reconstructed for historical epic : INTOLERANCE
16-down – Use part in unconventional way — it’s what many an Oscar winner does : TEARSUP
17-down – Arousing films, for example, using Beethoven’s music, including his fourth : EROTICA
18-down – See 5 : PORTMAN
19-down – More austere in ultimate part, Mirren’s 2006 role : STERNER
20-down – C for Chaplin, say : CHARLIE
21-down – Directors in vehicles, several holding Oscar, finally : DRIVERS
25-down – Feeling of self-importance obvious in The Godfather : EGO
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.