This crossword No. 24605 clues and answers were published on Sat 24 Jan 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24605 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Tersely discharges soldiers’ protests about introduction of bull : DEMOBS
4-across – Off spin is a nightmare for the user : BADTRIP
9-across – Misrepresented Lewes’s present Nimby position : ELSEWHERE
10-across – Leader of scout pack : STAMP
11-across – Fish without fin provided backs off : DANCE
12-across – Woman’s so perversely into football team’s tackiness : VISCOSITY
13-across – Strong US wind section from Boston or thereabouts : NORTHER
15-across – Hard to make out with wife? Needs sex appeal, idiot! : DIMWIT
17-across – Pro hogs set broadcast : FOSTER
19-across – Brow’s first furrows : BRIDGES
22-across – Converted believers may be turned outward : EVERSIBLE
24-across – Transport quite lacking on the way back : BACON
26-across – Lyricist is after page : PRICE
27-across – Be a casual footballer; quit before top level match? : KICKABOUT
28-across – Trap energy inside object like a motorised vehicle : ENGINED
29-across – Hand out gold star : METEOR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – City day quarters, ice free : DRESDEN
2-down – Mediterranean island capital: sun not hot : MASON
3-down – Sportsman – not this one failing to open personal cover : BOWLERHAT
4-down – Reduced to fit in the sack : BLESSED
5-down – Insult county club : DISCO
6-down – Turning assets into cash is on the increase, each pound to be assimilated : REALISING
7-down – Secretary has to settle on a fruit : PAPAYA
8-down – Guardian state : WEAVER
14-down – Call about England’s top sporting event being back in business? : REOPENING
16-down – Some rigging involved American appropriating book : MAINBRACE
18-down – Filled out again : REBUKED
19-down – Composer accepting note should be split : BREACH
20-down – Rock star, one turned politician? : SENATOR
21-down – Work casually on foreign article : TEMPLE
23-down – The woman, all female, topless : SHEEN
25-down – Sun up in the outskirts of Cologne : CLOSE
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.