This crossword No. 24653 clues and answers were published on Sat 21 Mar 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24653 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Thousands attend entertainment with keyboard instruments : CONCERTGRANDS
10-across – Form of theatre in Bolton? : OCTAGONAL
11-across – Where to find good soil for cultivation in Ireland … : SLIGO
12-across – … belonging to the Irish : THEIR
13-across – In the red with our reduced means we couldn’t sniff its coming : ODOURLESS
14-across – Start grooming the young with the sparkle of celebrity : GLITTER
16-across – Registrar perhaps finds nothing lacking in senior cops : SPLICER
18-across – What takes two to get back into church becoming related : COGNATE
20-across – Panicked boy taken aback by the agency of another : FLAPPED
21-across – One interprets outbreak of pox among tories : EXPOSITOR
23-across – Many joints may be served with these : CHIPS
24-across – Rubber ball so held : SORBO
25-across – Chanel product used by Gardner in the fall : AVALANCHE
26-across – Where to find Roneo ™ copier working? : RECEPTIONROOM
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Not perhaps what a chopper might be doing in flight : ONTHEWING
3-down – Like Othello losing head and going up in smoke : CIGAR
4-down – Ill-feeling of bombardier going to old city? : RANCOUR
5-down – Force sanctions gibbet : GALLOWS
6-down – A tortuous trail in America or elsewhere : AUSTRALIA
7-down – Force of Verdi composition : DRIVE
8-down – Cog teeth cease to chew dairy product : COTTAGECHEESE
9-down – Relishes provided without time to put on courses : HORSERADISHES
15-down – Model managed partner’s turnout to change places : TRANSPOSE
17-down – Free composition of cover to Darnley’s victim : CAPRICCIO
19-down – Pull out when caught from a no ball? : EXTRACT
20-down – Muddled load for distant paper round : FARRAGO
22-down – A dark blue in itself : PERSE
23-down – Provider of support for bums : CHAIR
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.