This crossword No. 24511 clues and answers were published on Sat 04 Oct 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24511 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Figure as doctor to the sick swallowing a sad tear : QUADRILATERAL
10-across – Trees dangerous in army home : ALDERSHOT
11-across – Good notes on piano : PIOUS
12-across – See 20 down : CASES
13-across – Figure reportedly of destruction and confusion : RECTANGLE
14-across – Treason exposed in the direction of Tyneside? : NOREAST
16-across – Figure or letter : RHOMBUS
18-across – They go out in the midday sun – go on to say when cats are about : MADDOGS
20-across – Professional criminal causing society a lot of wild emotionalism : SHYSTER
21-across – Bourgeois individual to get back to : SQUAREONE
23-across – What are reptiles doing on the native American page? : CREEP
24-across – Provide point for joke : EQUIP
25-across – Dish topped continent’s spot : FRICASSEE
26-across – Standard entirely of wood covering old Greek ship’s returning figure : PARALLELOGRAM
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Sculptor of nude was the father that one didn’t want : UNDESIRED
3-down – Board game turning up a fiddle : DARTS
4-down – Take from past success, holding monarch in at first : INHERIT
5-down – Motor from Dolgellau to Cardiff : AUTOCAR
6-down – Making atonement for a Conservative – that’s raised about 10p to begin with : EXPIATORY
7-down – In the middle of a day, the end of a morning : AMONG
8-down – Magnetic darns enable one to provide polish on floor : DANCINGMASTER
9-down – Menace to company or group captured by silly excursionist : ASSETSTRIPPER
15-down – An explosion has nearly concealed call for location of Susannah : APOCRYPHA
17-down – Strike water beside the Thames : BATTERSEA
19-down – Total of items for sale incomplete – should include pianoforte : SHOPFUL
20-down – Pass ecclesia to make such as 26 of 1, 13 or 16 of 26, or 21 – 1 of 13 or 16 : SPECIAL
22-down – One of you left grape outside – it’s in the mouth : UVULA
23-down – Sound of a Neolithic language : CLANG
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.