This crossword No. 24785 clues and answers were published on Sat 22 Aug 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24785 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Male, after a dry end in surgery, coming after very delicate operation : VASECTOMY
6-across – Study from which independent politician bars women and men : MUGUP
9-across – US city where fiddle sounded : TAMPA
10-across – What’s said, as starts to venture overseas in the Napoleonic era? : BONVOYAGE
11-across – Hopeful traveller right to go after problem with price increase : HITCHHIKER
12-across – Low as a clear sky? : BLUE
14-across – Bleriot’s plane circling the centre of designated French city : AVIGNON
15-across – Inside complex, first of excavations unscheduled : SINEDIE
17-across – Catwoman given new lead, as stray : DIGRESS
19-across – Capacity of bowler to catch England’s opener, loathsome : HATEFUL
20-across – Piece of holy ground turned over where many bodies exposed : ORGY
22-across – See 14 down : COMPLETELY
25-across – Sudden and violent malfunction, lacking carbon and oxygen, perhaps : FULMINANT
26-across – Fat boobs easier to view with odd bits hidden : OBESE
27-across – Go round back of leg, which is raised : RIDGE
28-across – Variable parking in centre that’s chaotic, half of roundabout having confusing signs? : ENCRYPTED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Character with a fork has to dig deep to find plant : VETCH
2-down – See 14 : SOMETHING
3-down – One’s reforming inhaling grass? One’s hooked! : COATHANGER
4-down – See 24 : OFBRIAN
5-down – From the bottom, look for no Americans : YANKEES
6-down – Calypso’s daydream? : MOON
7-down – See 13 : GRAIL
8-down – Gradually calm when discussed over time at the table : PIECEMEAL
13-down – Curry really hot, Gandhi … led by MP? : ANDTHEHOLY
14-down – MP’s Downing St melancholy too free, PM suggested? : ANDNOWFOR
16-down – See 14 : DIFFERENT
18-down – One’s highly inclined to fill knowledgeable space : STORAGE
19-down – Standing on head, I record through church organ, so? : HEPATIC
21-down – Make infertile to keep one cold : GELID
23-down – Hand over produce : YIELD
24-down – This from MP, having provided upstanding rival with barrister, gutted during arrest, hauled up : LIFE
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.