This crossword No. 24403 clues and answers were published on Sat 31 May 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24403 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Greeting to bishop : HIPBATH
5-across – The relative proposition : THESIS
9-across – See 29 : RATTIGAN
10-across – He ran off with ex-king entering German river : ARNOLD
12-across – Shirley’s boy with root vegetables: am I going to interrupt? : LADYWILLIAMS
15-across – University man to disturb the peace with some power : HERIOTWATT
17-across – See 19 : OUR
19-across – Talk of the spirit of the Guardian : RUM
20-across – English father accepts French call to desk : ESCRITOIRE
22-across – Lilliputian, one of ten eliminated one by one if I replace energy : LITTLEENDIAN
26-across – Little girl is in Parliament and pays calls : VISITS
27-across – The odd one? : SINGULAR
28-across – Rat in the sand : DESERT
29-across – Cigarette? Tanner would get it for him : TERENCE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Hearts are associated with March : HARE
2-down – Arrange for your head to be contending with Ruth : PITY
3-down – I caused a stir with A Fool on a Hill : AGITATOR
4-down – Violent character not easy to read : HEAVY
6-down – 1 down’s right about former drink coming to him : HAROLD
7-down – That’s right about climber with a break he spends on addiction : SHOPAHOLIC
8-down – Byway, small, that is OK, say Geordies : SIDESTREET
11-down – See 6 : PINTER
13-down – Ephemeral revolts hid problem : SHORTLIVED
14-down – 1 down, 9, 11, 16, 21 and 29, having a drink, ordered ‘Sit!’, sat : DRAMATISTS
16-down – See 10 : WESKER
18-down – Canonised forester’s new baby? : STRANGER
21-down – See 24 : PLATER
23-down – Both sides of door have 12 inches leeway : DRIFT
24-down – He will make a plan in due course : ALAN
25-down – Such and 2 was said of Hamlet’s madness, giving time to repent : TRUE
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.