This crossword No. 24547 clues and answers were published on Sat 15 Nov 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24547 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Tom and Jerry perform to tease the 10 : CATANDMOUSEACT
8-across – Ancient relative in China until recently : NAUNT
9-across – Where Midlanders are broaching the Solent, not with a catamaran? : SOLIHULL
11-across – Man with neck broken for introducing 1 across : MCKENNA
12-across – Reindeer’s vehicle one nearly has a fight with : CARIBOU
13-across – Name of explorer No 5 when with company : VASCO
15-across – Evidence of the French saint, first to be hermetically sealed? : DUSTPROOF
17-across – Gain order in order with border : RIOGRANDE
20-across – Russian girl of Grenadian extraction : NADIA
21-across – A huge loss : TITANIC
23-across – Find new home for the lady back on river : REHOUSE
25-across – Enough about the sick being sent back by catapult : BALLISTA
26-across – Nonsense about Russian river by unthinking functionary : ROBOT
27-across – Drama of justice minister having to remove slips from pile : PLAYJACKSTRAWS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Entice director to include maverick’s part in realistic style : CINEMAVERITE
2-down – Call in case : TRUNK
3-down – Ban on Blair’s journey – can’t start without plates – an absolute refusal : NOTONYOUR
4-down – Bad name envelops celebrity that’s keen : MUSTARD
5-down – Discloses international body’s overheads : UNLOCKS
6-down – I don’t feature in either solvent or anaesthetic : ETHER
7-down – Fish outside ancient British student circle and what circulates in it : COLDBLOOD
10-down – Would-be electors of small county fashion upstanding animals’ home : SUFFRAGETTES
14-down – A little drop of make-up required? : SHORTFALL
16-down – Leader of 10 went to prison, exchanging knight for rook in one : PANKHURST
18-down – Six counties thus : NICOSIA
19-down – Specify application by listener to gospel : EARMARK
22-down – See 3 : NELLY
24-down – Shadow leader missing, unable to talk to the Sun : UMBRA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.