This crossword No. 24385 clues and answers were published on Sat 10 May 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24385 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Bum runs into tree : BREECH
4-across – Optimistic conductor raises his baton for this : UPBEAT
9-across – So-called good walk spoiled over strike : FLOG
10-across – Is harbouring a little brief deception in strengthening system : ISOMETRICS
11-across – Stars show contempt for educational paper : BOOTES
12-across – 0 or 1 squared in small steps : BITBYBIT
13-across – Front man now here, he’s gone : PRESENTER
15-across – See 3 : TIDE
16-across – See 26 : ROSE
17-across – Being in uncomfortable position in pool woefully heightened bath bill : BEHINDTHE
21-across – See 20 : AMILLION
22-across – Like Helen of Troy, or the pride of London? : NONESO
24-across – Stresses, eg swapping for these subordinates : UNDERLINGS
25-across – See 17 : BALL
26-across – Playwright’s fallen into beer plant down the slope : ALPINE
27-across – Worship by consuming fish : PRAYER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – PM’s 17 book 5 20 3 16 across : BALFOUR
2-down – See 17 : EIGHT
3-down – Remake of modernistic film : CRIMSON
5-down – See 22 : PRETTY
6-down – Up before most others, he barely troubled the writer on the way : EARLYBIRD
7-down – Touching behaviour concealed by hat : TACTILE
8-down – Innuendo from Belgium and one other : DOUBLEMEANING
14-down – Rope-maker’s little sibling on top of mountain, negotiating border : SISALHEMP
16-down – Oscar – person found in drowned valley here : ROMANIA
18-down – One is engaged in continuous action, making air cleaner : IONISER
19-down – One who perpetrates swindle right after sleuth’s elucidation : HUSTLER
20-down – A diamond grinding factory, in original – unusual – setting : GIRLIN
23-down – Smart old boy born in the Big Apple : NOBBY
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.