This crossword No. 25041 clues and answers were published on Sat 19 Jun 2010 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25041 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Time in its entirety? : ETERNITY
9-across – Could be weeping at prospect of debt being endless : WILLOW
10-across – Prize for knocking top off crowbar : EMMY
11-across – 24 down’s 24 down — but what’s played sounds like 22 across : QUEENSCLUB
12-across – See 24 : ASPADE
14-across – Mimosa on river’s course : RAINTREE
15-across – Comrade rebel doing stuff : BROCADE
17-across – A reason for being a stick-in-the-mud? : AGROUND
20-across – Leave 24 down out for fish : SKIPJACK
22-across – Combination of 24 downs : TENACE
23-across – Spooky friend entertaining artist at opera : PARANORMAL
24-across – Bid one 24 down twice, to be honest : CALL
25-across – 2 of 16 gets sworn at : DEUCED
26-across – Receiving refusal, I admit not being aware : IGNORANT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A skinflint about to spray : ATOMISER
2-down – Playing 24 down starts upsetting solvers : TREY
3-down – Unglazed soup? Repeat part of question : BISQUE
4-down – Past 24 down for learning? : BYHEART
5-down – Bird with 24 down showing off : SWANKING
6-down – Be without god amid loads of money and I will supply fruit for gin : BLACKTHORN
7-down – Amount to be read? : VOLUME
13-down – Septic tank mostly mentioned in 24 down: no regrets then? : ACCEPTANCE
16-down – 24 downs intimate with young female? : DIAMONDS
18-down – Isthmian railway could take the plunge : NECKLINE
19-down – Remove surface of road with a shrub : SKIMMIA
21-down – Refained weapons for 24 downs? : KNAVES
22-down – Gift of old money? : TALENT
24-down – Character of pack member : CARD
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.