This crossword No. 24261 clues and answers were published on Sat 15 Dec 2007 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24261 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Have meal with : SUPERB
4-across – Ships’ painter securing bananas : ARMADA
9-across – 5 hit : BELT
10-across – See 24 : AMONGWHICH
11-across – Seth Mk 4’s back : VIKRAM
12-across – Rice portions after generous starter with 10 16 15 : GIOCONDA
13-across – Exotic fruit provides Scotsman with a weapon outside : ASIANPEAA
15-across – See 16 : LISA
16-across – African country’s holding on to a work of art : MONA
17-across – A depression’s enveloped her followers : ADHERENTS
21-across – School run returns with nasty noise : WOLFNOTE
22-across – African 25 makes 500 of 25 : DURBAN
24-across – Leonardo’s work – his highest – matches Hitchens’s extravaganza : SHEISOLDER
25-across – Place after long story for intelligence : CITY
26-across – Horatio’s hold on African hero : NELSON
27-across – Name used by S-Shelley : BYSSHE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 24 : SHESITS
2-down – Head for tail, Dad? : PATER
3-down – Gypsies quietly secure publicity for peace plan : ROADMAP
5-down – Ignore devastated area : REGION
6-down – Love divine if Oprah tied knot? : APHRODITE
7-down – Ideal country for bounder to enter song : ARCADIA
8-down – Not finished your problem about African country? Not finished – trepidation : ROUGHANDREADY
14-down – Actor’s part in The Tempest keeps new fan exalted : ANNAFRIEL
16-down – Wife of grouse, low with her funny name : MOORHEN
18-down – Stomach, not head, keeps the German from getting on : ELDERLY
19-down – See 24 : THANTHE
20-down – End fight for pound by love of country : KOSOVO
23-down – See 24 : ROCKS
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.