This crossword No. 24963 clues and answers were published on Sat 20 Mar 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24963 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Bud’s turned to flower but I stick to the root, so to speak : BUSDRIVER
6-across – Sticker, say, in reverse : WEDGE
9-across – Victim of cold porridge, reportedly : OATES
10-across – Cider drunk with meal — such is Fenland : RECLAIMED
11-across – Crowds with crosses in which 9 nearly died : MULTITUDES
12-across – South American in state : INCA
14-across – What tinker says about nationalists’ piece of armour : CUIRASS
15-across – Fairy swimmers coming back with a slight cold? : SNIFFLE
17-across – Needing hard work to make America finally love an emperor : ONEROUS
19-across – One taking his turn to make traps for germs? : BUGGINS
20-across – Laments for Mass Observation : SOBS
22-across – City of the region in Germany : SUNDERLAND
25-across – Half 11, about — join the lady in another column : ELSEWHERE
26-across – Hurry has the heart displaced : HASTE
27-across – God after Christ? : MONAD
28-across – Put fellow off using cleaner : DETERGENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Flower employs second spinner : BLOOM
2-down – Attendant student among the cream : SATELLITE
3-down – Mask for robber unfinished in similar holiday spot : RESPIRATOR
4-down – Qualities of 6 the last to recover : VIRTUES
5-down – Small piles of hay perhaps cause complaint : RICKETS
6-down – Cover with words and music : WRAP
7-down – Devilishly good player of successive notes : DEMON
8-down – Stop press: binding security provided : ENDPAPERS
13-down – His return was foretold when family paper turned up : KINGARTHUR
14-down – Spooner’s dominant quality that keeps house together : CROSSBEAM
16-down – Dish has direction in case : FRICASSEE
18-down – I leave Arab to eat starter : SAUTEED
19-down – But stay uncloth’d if this is prescribed : BEDREST
21-down – Sailor with personal problem : BOSUN
23-down – Old copper on beat was resident : DWELT
24-down – Had nothing to pay : OWED
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.