This crossword No. 24559 clues and answers were published on Sat 29 Nov 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24559 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Isn’t he going to work initially, second to first, at ancient town : STOWONTHEWOLD
10-across – Number embraced by mystic don’t sing bass : SUNFISH
11-across – See 12 : BLANCHE
12-across – Hiding place includes barn let out – you can do what you like with it : CARTE
13-across – Caroller about to be punished? Don’t jump the gun! : WAITFORIT
14-across – See 19 : OPERA
16-across – Royal couple are flirting : PHILANDER
18-across – Trouble meeting 17 demands? : HELLTOPAY
19-across – Building over a soapy production of 23 down 12 : SAVOY
20-across – Settled accounts when prepared to fight : SQUAREDUP
23-across – Sound food supplier with new capital : DELHI
24-across – A 3 could be 19 : CABBAGE
25-across – A lady pilot officer arranged who and what was carried : PAYLOAD
26-across – While school is on, lines in a circle are forming union with a close relative or the opposite : INTERMARRYING
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – 450-inch surround for round object at bottom of ring : TENORBELL
3-down – Official publication of 12 11 : WHITE
4-down – Method not given? On the contrary : NOHOW
5-down – Without a birthday, year 1 produces a cross condition : HYBRIDITY
6-down – What’s eating far right movement? They frequent the waterside : WHARFRATS
7-down – I work with string, shedding some tears : LACER
8-down – The body/mind relationship in film: the film is different without love : PSYCHOPHYSICS
9-down – They prevail in the Guardian way, almost too soon to get document signed : WESTERLYWINDS
15-down – Every other change involved a 10 : ALTERNATE
16-down – Fantasy sort of music transmitted by choirs, say : PIPEDREAM
17-down – The luck attached to the tares in the parable? : DEVILSOWN
21-down – Mythical pope? : URBAN
22-down – See 3 : PAPER
23-down – 12 could be 22 : DOYLY
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.