This crossword No. 25490 clues and answers were published on Sat 26 Nov 2011 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25490 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Sculptor of decay : MOULDER
5-across – Right of officer to be wrong about court : CORRECT
10-across – Setter’s introduced to supersoft exploiter of women : PIMP
11-across – Potential butcher filleted scraggy piece of meat en route : PSYCHOPATH
12-across – Fool — character from Lear — carrying monarch round : DRONGO
13-across – Natural defence for small boy absorbing brief life in retrospect : ANTIBODY
14-across – Falling, with drink unfinished, in pub before church : INCIDENCE
16-across – Ill-humour about book, or a collection of them : BIBLE
17-across – In Africa, barter over counters : ABACI
19-across – Relate to mate shipwrecked before end of voyage : EMPATHISE
23-across – Crowds catching an unpleasant whiff of 9 : MANBOOBS
24-across – Spoil argument for vegetable : MARROW
26-across – Cheerful chime making little sense : BLITHERING
27-across – Penetrators of the mysteries of origami coming from the East : MAGI
28-across – Belittle qualification endlessly receiving publicity : DEGRADE
29-across – Play nurse first? : PRETEND
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Very short distance to pursue love letter : OMICRON
3-down – Flower having risen, nothing’s rising outside : LUPIN
4-down – Go off and trudge into river : EXPLODE
6-down – Stone-baked hot pie : OPHITE
7-down – Once more bring out of watering hole in delight : REPUBLISH
8-down – Helen’s mother’s habit — erecting fortress : CITADEL
9-down – Abnormal growth of company? A nasty image, needs refashioning : GYNAECOMASTIA
15-down – Promoter of early growth in state raised 1 : INCUBATOR
18-down – Bank of Scotland provides home for unhealthy type-founder : BRAILLE
20-down – Squire’s Alfa Romeo gets government almost overthrown : ARMIGER
21-down – Military leader securing time with firearm : SHOTGUN
22-down – Do what must be done, slicing ends off butt : DOGEND
25-down – Appointed tasks concerning US seat of learning : REMIT
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.