This crossword No. 24581 clues and answers were published on Sat 27 Dec 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24581 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Mad deliveries appealing to differing audiences : CROSSOVER
6-across – Constable paintings at heart revealing a special sort of Christian : COPT
8-across – Whale genus and cuckoo found around island associated with an island : ORCADIAN
9-across – River cuts through energy : VIRAGO
10-across – A look round a house for sale? A thousand needed to replace two wings : VIKING
11-across – Makes public holiday a function of jungle clearing? : AIRSTRIP
12-across – Nick rejected hat : BANTAM
15-across – Not an option, eyeing rocks around the outskirts of Chamonix, overturned and separated : EXIGENCY
16-across – Standing out from others in the class when classical one-act play’s improvised : ATYPICAL
19-across – Travel writer taking year off – that is no way to describe an old hand! : NEWBIE
21-across – Support not quite given to coach before a tense game : BACCARAT
22-across – What an apron-wearer might be said to have to press down : PINION
24-across – Ruminant Richards getting hitched – twice caught out : DIKDIK
25-across – Darn bats occupying state home! : MANDARIN
26-across – Possible jacket recommendation: not black : BLUR
27-across – Clerical position, perhaps, and a ruler : RURALDEAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – An expression of appreciation: the origins of good intentions : CORGI
2-down – Following a regime taking place, answer legislative assembly : ONADIET
3-down – Round off broadcasting big-band style? : SWING
4-down – New game introduced to contest : VINTAGE
5-down – Return on one of several accounts : REVERSION
6-down – Diminutive dog’s medical scraper? : CURETTE
7-down – Cecilia styled not English after mounting space opera : PAGLIACCI
13-down – Article on possible rail cut taking note of insurance risk assessment etc : ACTUARIAL
14-down – One exposing scandal of friend concealing two kings and an ace : MUCKRAKER
17-down – Drop off going round gallery : PICADOR
18-down – One is pressed into following Protestant martyr : LATIMER
20-down – White collar operative, ultimately one with aspiration : WANNABE
22-down – A measure in China of discipline : PENAL
23-down – No climbing around the city contracted : ORION
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.