This crossword No. 25563 clues and answers were published on Sat 18 Feb 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25563 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Starting point is no walkover for the bride : THRESHOLD
6-across – Watch open-mouthed as centre forward moves into space : GAWP
8-across – Business force established around the last millennium : COMMERCE
9-across – Slim elves play around a square : SVELTE
10-across – Depart agitatedly; it may explode! : PETARD
11-across – Erudite professors or their proteges, perhaps : SCHOLARS
12-across – Jack, given wrong date, lowered : ABATED
15-across – Torn between father and a love initially of mother? : PARENTAL
16-across – Elegant fashion on a bride : DEBONAIR
19-across – Expire, though previously fit as a fiddle : EXHALE
21-across – Parts that can’t be matched : ODDMENTS
22-across – Cyril’s playing with words in numbers : LYRICS
24-across – They may be spun to make briefs : FIBRES
25-across – Heather Lake’s underwear : LINGERIE
26-across – Experienced hat maker : FELT
27-across – One thing one doesn’t expect to be : SURPRISED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – He’s to be changed, not these : THOSE
2-down – Up in arms : RAMPANT
3-down – She would pack a right in a scrap : SHRED
4-down – Reveals that one is being less reserved : OPENSUP
5-down – Perform for free? : DISCHARGE
6-down – Aviation spirit? : GREMLIN
7-down – Sudden drop of current — flaw later rectified : WATERFALL
13-down – About to enter poor occupation? May end up on this : BREADLINE
14-down – Ill-judgment : DIAGNOSIS
17-down – How promotion should be given to miner, after recovery : ONMERIT
18-down – Specialist in stocktaking? : RUSTLER
20-down – Fit to work like a horse : HARNESS
22-down – Ship in river south of the equator : LINER
23-down – Censured about money issue : CHILD
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.