This crossword No. 24731 clues and answers were published on Sat 20 Jun 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24731 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Suspicion about bank backing closure of each plant : HYACINTH
9-across – A general on a foreign field? : ABROAD
10-across – It’s manufactured round : EDAM
11-across – Arm with bottle : WINCHESTER
12-across – Designated mine ending in disrepair, as old : FORMER
14-across – Beheading extreme through evidence of wound — did this do it? : SCIMITAR
15-across – Large fruit repeated in song? : NEWYORK
17-across – Square seen circling square, sort of square : SIXTEEN
20-across – Pass rope from behind mammoth : COLOSSAL
22-across – Cries of joy, as there’s been a little accident? : WHOOPS
23-across – See 4 : RESTAURANT
24-across – Nothing unadapted’s secured : NADA
25-across – All signs showing charity’s cut because in recession : ZODIAC
26-across – How do I damage my car’s bodywork? By removing British name : IDENTITY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 4 : SYNDROME
2-down – Computers set up for deception : SCAM
3-down – A state of Australia and its head of state return : ANSWER
4-down – Food poisoning seen by her nurse, dessert 13 24 down : CHINESE
5-down – One border lifted after king remains in a disputed territory : KASHMIRI
6-down – Butcher cut strip off at first, duck becoming cured meat : PROSCIUTTO
7-down – Source of lead required, severe blow getting sodium : GALENA
13-down – Parts within could prove harmful, as can tiny amounts, potentially : MAYCONTAIN
16-down – Potential supply rose unexpectedly, a shade up : RESOURCE
18-down – Rush through power change, filling river : EXPEDITE
19-down – Knock a magical creature over, finding hole : FLEAPIT
21-down – State to which 7, perhaps, has been taken, unfinished : OREGON
22-down – Dry humour not his : WITHER
24-down – See 13 : NUTS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.