This crossword No. 24541 clues and answers were published on Sat 08 Nov 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24541 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Strong short, a drink : HARAKIRI
9-across – Pressure on China? 13 20 …? : CHUMP
10-across – Possession of learner driver? 13 20 …? : NERD
11-across – Father of mouse drawn to experiment with newts daily : WALTDISNEY
12-across – 1, perhaps, maintaining one is flexible : PLIANT
14-across – Male and female into selective killing, stuffed : CRAMFULL
15-across – As in game? 13 20 …? : JACKASS
17-across – Man, it’s stimulating? 13 20 …? : CHARLIE
20-across – See 13 : QUESTION
22-across – Man in top command : BEHEST
23-across – Film director Sidney runs into opinion not entirely concerned with how much space available : VOLUMETRIC
24-across – Right in touch? 13 20 …? : PRAT
25-across – Vowel: what’s over it surrounding it? 13 20 …? : IDIOT
26-across – Rod graduated? 13 20 …? : DIPSTICK
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Animal, lion, doesn’t get on with a blooming thing : CAMELLIA
2-down – Poet so dull in need of a lift : BARD
3-down – In rising, 13 20 …? 13 20 …? : NITWIT
4-down – This having little inclination, requiring head transplant? 13 20 …? : PILLOCK
5-down – City must support a group of detectives to find where Haigh disposed of his victims : ACIDBATH
6-down – Shattered having contained river, another suddenly emerged : BURSTFORTH
7-down – Charm with a ring, say : APPEAL
13-down – State : ASKASTUPID
16-down – Argument about dog having dropped a long thing that might spoil the carpet? : STILETTO
18-down – Popular viewpoint, for example : INSTANCE
19-down – Poke one’s nose in rotten tin, without manners : INTRUDE
21-down – Turning out good, a perfect situation : UTOPIA
22-down – Company of writers records what Schwarzenegger has exaggerated : BICEPS
24-down – Lay down what’s worth 10 in Scrabble? 13 20 …? : PUTZ
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.