This crossword No. 24897 clues and answers were published on Sat 02 Jan 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24897 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Under a captain’s vessel, vary nitrogen : SUBALTERN
6-across – Break horny musician’s back : SNAP
8-across – People treated broadcast as a theatrical work : PATIENCE
9-across – Radium-enriched, inclusive of spirit : WRAITH
10-across – Link broadcast just started before watershed : BRIDGE
11-across – Hold molten lead in wine : HEADLOCK
12-across – Elf, back to front, showing liveliness : ESPRIT
15-across – Prepare sticky mess date to give compensation : MAKEGOOD
16-across – Leader getting to sleep over, initially, with Trotsky? : NAPOLEON
19-across – Philosophy of communist doctrine switching left and right wings : TAOISM
21-across – Difficult answer — bird toiling : HARDATIT
22-across – Attempt to remove government lay school : PUTSCH
24-across – Boundary-less help-a-son city : ELPASO
25-across – Rolls producers using kinetic energy, initially located in Serbia, maybe : BAKERIES
26-across – Heartlessly admitted hadn’t repaid debt : OWED
27-across – So, no problem regarding military command? : EYESRIGHT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Part of flight with Brummie in lead : STAIR
2-down – Even less able to view outstanding performance : BLINDER
3-down – Push end of toboggan into toboggan : LUNGE
4-down – Days before theatrical Midlands town : EVESHAM
5-down – Meetings here offering up-to-the-minute commercial opportunity : NEWMARKET
6-down – Mollusc in eg summer? Not on tug : SEASLUG
7-down – Racing ace forced out — angry : AUTOCROSS
13-down – Natural harbour demands sun hat on a swimming fowl : SCAPAFLOW
14-down – Retired at end of day in mood for a significant age : TWENTYONE
17-down – Over-fussy type getting on potty holds one : OLDMAID
18-down – Only dining chairs worthy of comment? : NOTABLE
20-down – Show off more old hat, black, worn material : OUTBRAG
22-down – Authorisation put in for each rude attention-seeker? : POKER
23-down – TNT found in Cat and Fiddle : CHEAT
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.