This crossword No. 24981 clues and answers were published on Sat 10 Apr 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24981 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Cause trouble with high heels, boarding type of transport : RAISEHELL
10-across – Inhabitant of water butt : ROACH
11-across – O’ ___ men, as Burns almost said in Chinatown? : MEISSEN
12-across – Try to chuck Little Bird : GOSLING
13-across – European treaty establishing discrepancy between calendars : EPACT
14-across – Bordeaux, say, is in peace with orthodoxy : CALVINISM
16-across – Head of state’s minders ordered to do eg Ra-Ra-Rasputin without head of state : PRAETORIANGUARD
19-across – Formerly meeting sticky ends — those of Emperor Trajan, Nero, etc? : RENCONTRE
21-across – Island going west in Prufrock : CORFU
22-across – Sun exposes party leader taking weed on public vehicle : PHOEBUS
23-across – Trough engulfing a boss : MANAGER
24-across – Politician who’s into huntin’ ’n’ fencin’? : PALIN
25-across – Fighter’s pleased a riot’s erupted : GLADIATOR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – One bellyaching about daft mare’s death : GRIMREAPER
2-down – Bird raised plant, needing a lot of water : TITICACA
3-down – What gardener does to mature plant’s humble dwelling? : BEDSIT
4-down – Slight incline : LEAN
5-down – Perform sex act on prisoner in bondage, as dominatrix may : FLAGELLATE
6-down – Have songwriter up for having dates : TRYSTING
7-down – Island that’s upholding another one : TAHITI
8-down – Time to show affection for hoodie, perhaps? : THUG
14-down – University fees take the Liberal out of party leader — which is not all bad : CURATESEGG
15-down – Bloody compiler! Lousy, keeping union member up : MEDIUMRARE
17-down – Music maker’s sort of disc cutting sort of steak : TROMBONE
18-down – Reverse decision to encase small sibling in mineral : ABROGATE
20-down – Spoon about to be dropped by fool : NOODLE
21-down – Frank has the ability — and proved it : CANDID
22-down – Less than mature mammal on top of a less than mature insect : PUPA
23-down – Drink and drug necked by loony : MEAD
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.