This crossword No. 24517 clues and answers were published on Sat 11 Oct 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24517 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Forlorn hero disheartened, hero of 22 across starts to sniff, saddened : HOPELESS
9-across – Athletic woman, longdistance runner in 22 across : AMAZON
10-across – Most endangered : RAIN
11-across – In a bit of US dough, US composer finds carrots? : INCENTIVES
12-across – Ton of money to pay, a lot of it in 22 across : COFFEE
14-across – Russian in retreat given opening, direct : NAVIGATE
15-across – Pressure shown by Posh enrobed? : DURESS
17-across – One of the 24 across, where a fruit less English died : ALMOND
20-across – A little flower among politically bluebells : CARILLON
22-across – Country finding extreme characters in pad – look away! : BRAZIL
23-across – Seize a vehicle with an automatic starter in district of 22 across : COPACABANA
24-across – These from 22 across, or bananas? : NUTS
25-across – City in 22 across thus following a piece of opera : ARIOSO
26-across – City in 22 across, while revolutionary, running rings round this writer : SAOPAULO
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Christian article cut up, film sheet : POLAROID
2-down – Film director’s thin : LEAN
3-down – Fierce barking which is in 22 across : RECIFE
4-down – Party of 22 across, perhaps, sensual, with a couple of couples entwined : CARNIVAL
5-down – Person holding a card’s a cleaner : BAKINGSODA
6-down – See 10 : FOREST
8-down – Flashback : SECOND
13-down – Supporting actor in Naughty, Naughty Lover : FORNICATOR
16-down – Vegetarian’s first into his food, or city in 22 across : SALVADOR
18-down – Battered tin scoffed by cleaner in charming manner : DAINTILY
19-down – Records girl likes, not including Turner : ANNALS
21-down – A poet embracing love, ready to sail : ABOARD
22-down – Take to crime, seeing the light : BEACON
24-down – Bread to pass up and down : NAAN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.