This crossword No. 24379 clues and answers were published on Sat 03 May 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24379 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Gloomy sergeant on 8’s put through the mill : BLACKPEPPER
9-across – Bag antique hidden in lobby : HOLDALL
10-across – Attractive extension flanks hotel : WINNING
12-across – Monarch’s implicated in articles in three languages after that : THEREUNDER
13-across – : BLUE
15-across – Bletchley Park guy’s rank not registered after last month : DECODER
17-across – Relax in card game, adding three points : LOOSEN
18-across – : RED
20-across – Mock scarlet-backed fish : DERIDE
22-across – Part of oil rig Adair bent over, getting back problem : DERRICK
26-across – Old book revealed by radioactive dating : VEDA
27-across – Wandering preacher or critic : REPROACHER
29-across – Catch sailor in his element – Sunday school! : SEABASS
30-across – Is it raised by suspicious East End intellectual? : EYEBROW
31-across – Feel very distressed about 13 disease : YELLOWFEVER
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Short break in Yorkshire city when also occupying properties : LEASEHOLDS
3-down – Sort of filter, as Aldrin was with Armstrong? : COLANDER
4-down – Stalag resident’s radical uprising could be explosive : POWDER
5-down – : PINK
6-down – Food writer’s in bed, headto-toe with short man : EDIBLES
7-down – : WHITE
8-down – Disc protection makes Lee very content : SLEEVE
11-down – : GREEN
14-down – ‘Mourinho hides neural problem!’ in press-speak : JOURNALESE
16-down – null : RED
19-down – London leads it in song as broadcast by bum? : DERRIERE
20-down – : DAVIS
21-down – Bureaucracy got less significant, back to front : REDTAPE
23-down – Olympics boss clutches woman’s stick : COHERE
24-down – Observe present and past playground feature : SEESAW
25-down – : BROWN
28-down – Formal dance when alien leaves formal dance : BALL
This crossword has in total 32 where 15 are across and 17 are down.