This crossword No. 24903 clues and answers were published on Sat 09 Jan 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24903 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Hood fortress, we gathered? : SHERWOOD
9-across – Eagle, perhaps, has to crack rock : RAPTOR
10-across – See 24 : RACE
11-across – See 14 : THEFAIRIES
12-across – Frame, almost nothing to carry round a very short distance : ZIMMER
14-across – On holiday in an enchanted garden, say, easily distracted : AWAYWITH
15-across – Occasion for early kicking creating hysteria with child : CHARITY
17-across – Number like itself written in pen : SEVENTY
20-across – Canadian province with idiot president, degree going to head : MANITOBA
22-across – Revolutionary colours invisible for the bloody right-wing politician : SILVIO
23-across – See 22 : BERLUSCONI
24-across – Juvenile competition hurrying along unemployment figures? : SACK
25-across – Unable to conceive aristo getting heard : BARREN
26-across – Herb, reversing into US school, crashed : COLLIDED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Fairly reasonable collection is taken in church : CHEAPISH
2-down – Figure quoted in Hackney, £ 0.00? : FREE
3-down – See 24 : DOCTOR
4-down – A couple of ways to rise from a gland : ADRENAL
5-down – Animal having to munch through fruit : GREATAPE
6-down – Rep was beaten up with scoundrel, one getting booted : SPAREWHEEL
7-down – See 8 : FOREST
13-down – Singing, one taking transport uphill to see capoeira, say : MARTIALART
16-down – Kinky full S & M : THOUSAND
18-down – Fool, singer and birdwatcher : TWITCHER
19-down – Two Conservative leaders overseeing a holiday destination : MAJORCA
21-down – A celebrity unknown, not written down, becoming killer : AXEMAN
22-down – See 15 : SHIELD
24-down – Rubbish swimmer rushes up to see PR man : SPIN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.