This crossword No. 24529 clues and answers were published on Sat 25 Oct 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24529 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Gents leading light, Marsh : BOGLAND
5-across – Local funny papers drop : CALLOFF
9-across – Hit required outside temperature for animals : STOCK
10-across – Club with hot and cold shock device for those unfit to walk : BATHCHAIR
11-across – Appealing about Penny and Grant’s 12 24 and 19 as well as 6 9 and 20 : COMPLETELY
12-across – Peg wobbled, being topless : HOOK
14-across – Not the sort of operation Hitler went in for? : NONINVASIVE
18-across – Well just like a fall : RIGHTASRAIN
21-across – Monarch’s stage : PUPA
22-across – Fly, ship or load bananas : DROSOPHILA
25-across – Base King Edward, a source of material for writers : STATIONER
26-across – No time for old repair man to become print worker : INKER
27-across – Unusual origins of Newcastle United-style English scorer : LUTYENS
28-across – Predicting the month by a range name : AUGURAL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Midge possibly lacks nitrogen, having started with topping of banana split : BISECT
2-down – Sombre, grand – like something from a cotton mill! : GLOOMY
3-down – Catwalk Al in IT yearly renders lime property : ALKALINITY
4-down – Obligation to accept independent book entry : DEBIT
5-down – Jaguar, say, almost without assistance on back road somewhere in Europe : CATALONIA
6-down – Hank’s vulgar face about to go : LOCK
7-down – Vocal work or a chamber work incorporating a round : ORATORIO
8-down – Had advance knowledge of elevated king in start again : FOREKNEW
13-down – Prime motivator uses electric source with high-pitched sound to stifle resistance : MAINSPRING
15-down – Unrestricted sign banning bands on public highway? : NOSTRINGS
16-down – Offer to form a union? : PROPOSAL
17-down – Say good works producing fruit : EGGPLANT
19-down – Rogue trader at first lost weight : SINKER
20-down – Blunder into party, turning over drum : BARREL
23-down – Groovy thing looks back : STRIA
24-down – Chinese distance, bearing and course : LINE
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.