This crossword No. 24701 clues and answers were published on Sat 16 May 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24701 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – Poor clubs supplied with card game : CRUMMY
6-across – Man in Roman emperor dissolving an imperialist government : THERAJ
9-across – Woodworm’s work routine : BORING
10-across – Way to cut back, cutting front, for example : INSTANCE
11-across – Bird given fruit : KIWI
12-across – Ultimately, Lembit impressed by topless dress worn by cheeky girl following party chief whip? : DOMINATRIX
13-across – Bring order to a mess : SYSTEMATISE
18-across – Religious official on coke, perhaps, sticks nose in on top of table : HIGHPRIEST
21-across – Old artist making comeback, not finished : AGED
22-across – Interval is time interrupting social occasion : DISTANCE
23-across – Boy, where are ’er eggs laid? : ERNEST
24-across – Actress with whom I mix while on location in Somerset : IMELDA
25-across – Decoration attached in time : HONOUR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Strong beneficial quality — or lack of it? : FUTILITY
2-down – Participating in slalom, I go downhill — what a surprise! : OMIGOD
3-down – Tree, old one : CHESTNUT
4-down – Brute bites bottom of intruder, bit of a chicken? : BREAST
5-down – Composer’s composition central to feature : CHOPIN
7-down – Spooner’s supportin’ Scotland as potential shocker : JACKIN
8-down – Twice married, be desired, when drunk — legless, perhaps? : DISMEMBERED
14-down – Lament refurbishing trendy home? Not me! : THRENODY
15-down – See 24 : STAUNTON
16-down – Italian port, where Irish erected something in The Italian Job : RIMINI
17-down – Relax, filling in edges of trickier puzzle : TEASER
19-down – Pillbox like a pillar box, creating ill-feeling : HATRED
20-down – See 7 : THEBOX
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.