This crossword No. 24571 clues and answers were published on Sat 13 Dec 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24571 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Worthless stone keeps prelate out of work : RUBBISHY
5-across – Absence of eruptive matter returning from legendary region : AVALON
9-across – To support love, girl, will you marry me? : PROPOSAL
10-across – Roller for pitch initially all but hidden : PLATEN
11-across – Unqualified, so not left in? : OUTRIGHT
12-across – News about wine? : REPORT
14-across – Picture rhyme for MC in MND : ILLUSTRATE
18-across – A Game Boy weapon controlled by Napoleon : ANIMALFARM
22-across – Left one of 19 that brings one up : LADDER
23-across – A 2 to refuse to spring : BRANWELL
24-across – Boy or girl regularly moving name to the end : EVELYN
25-across – Bishop’s castle campus? : BERKELEY
26-across – Melodious couple keeping small letters : DULCET
27-across – Resurrected bully, a showy fellow : FLASHMAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Merlin, say, gives knock to right : RAPTOR
2-down – Writers’ relation to 10, maybe : BRONTE
3-down – One sort of section to be looked up to : ICONIC
4-down – 2 features of a 2 landscape : HEATHCLIFF
6-down – Balt in base, a 2 place : VILLETTE
7-down – Greats starting with viva? I’m nearly at sea : LITTORAL
8-down – De Valois has lost time in getting directions for this number : NINETEEN
13-down – A 2 called to run into therapist and ringer : CURRERBELL
15-down – End of the line for painter, one man concealed in boy : RAILHEAD
16-down – A 2’s hall getting an Oscar nearly collapsed : WILDFELL
17-down – A 2’s month on drug, one dropped from nest : JANEEYRE
19-down – Egg layers that get one down : SNAKES
20-down – Pandemonium where flowers are on strike : BEDLAM
21-down – Continue with music: words may follow : PLAYON
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.