This crossword No. 24945 clues and answers were published on Sat 27 Feb 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24945 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – One not Old Labour — put in unknown one : NEWYORK
5-across – One with stories of another after part of 8 : MONTANA
9-across – One with flying start or another homeless : FLORIDA
10-across – Collins’s woman traditionally married? : INWHITE
11-across – To travel, cross over part of fork : ITINERATE
12-across – A bit of ear from the East is a virus : EBOLA
13-across – Elgar going to King’s? : REGAL
15-across – Diplomatic venture of oriental sorcerer eating fish : EMBASSAGE
17-across – So Euclid’s circle is for everyone to squander recklessly : UNSQUARED
19-across – Ascetics giving greeting to soldiers : YOGIS
22-across – One drinks about 10 : TEXAS
23-across – One of 9 atoms, possibly : MINNESOTA
25-across – One in presidential style without oxygen : ALABAMA
26-across – Man’s got … wrongly put in : AMONGST
27-across – Game aim? : NETBALL
28-across – No problem about cast missing a rapture : ECSTASY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Sharper director turns up for a row : NIFTIER
2-down – One with another’s heart goes to China : WYOMING
3-down – Fruit of love? Not recorded : OLIVE
4-down – Iconic beast to eliminate a test centre before audience : KOALABEAR
5-down – One that gets in one’s hair? : MAINE
6-down – One character from Dallas mixed with those of Sweeney : NEWJERSEY
7-down – One with slave boy dropping H in speech? : ARIZONA
8-down – It’s mean to say how old a person is : AVERAGE
14-down – One consents : LOUISIANA
16-down – Pitchforks are from VP with pictures : BIDENTATE
17-down – Puritan unexpectedly going to town : UPTRAIN
18-down – S-surviving instrument : SEXTANT
20-down – One nation too : GEORGIA
21-down – Reserved about blemish of not being blonde? : SWARTHY
23-down – Aborigine with everything he has : MYALL
24-down – Posh clothes canned when ducklings are on menu : ETONS
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.