This crossword No. 25724 clues and answers were published on Sat 25 Aug 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25724 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – 17’s child leader gave East Enders’ money to journal … : PIEDPIPER
6-across – … what he does about father and sons in 17’s 7 : PIPPAPASSES
12-across – Toy for gadabout during revolution : RAGDOLL
13-across – See 34 : BARRETT
14-across – Island saint heard what 1 down’s lover did : KILDA
15-across – Such as 17’s cloistered soliloquy, a pet going back into possible 45 : HATE
16-across – Fellow of infinite jest, first century, in city : YORICK
17-across – See 5 : BROWNING
20-across – Food for one brought up in Sussex, say? : RYEBREAD
21-across – Food for secretive person holding excessive and alien creed : CLOTTEDCREAM
24-across – Gold and red fruit dropping round first unthinking actors : AUTOMATA
25-across – Roman drink containing usual mix with ices : JULIUSCAESAR
27-across – 17’s 45 35 in April of a woman : FROMABROAD
28-across – 17’s route of news from Jewish area about a Pole and a 9 : GHENTTOAIX
32-across – A brazen bribe corrupted 17’s ageing minister : RABBIBENEZRA
35-across – See 45 : THOUGHTS
37-across – Examples of baby talk by 45 supporter: sesame is at hand : INFANTILISMS
38-across – Halo for dumpin’ odds and ends? : GLORIOLE
40-across – Remove a large number of feathers from computer? : DOWNLOAD
42-across – Young lad embracing female angel : CHERUB
43-across – Norman girl goes on stag : HART
46-across – 3 little boy held by soldier : NEEDY
47-across – American writer has men crazy about wild rose : EMERSON
48-across – It’s poisonous in French, too much so in English : TROPINE
49-across – 17’s gaudy flower and fish pronounced to have a blue feeling : MELANCHOLIA
50-across – Top film star 5 keeping ancient city tailed where 5s are wanted? : ONTHEBEAT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – 17’s girl that maddened King George? : PORPHYRIA
2-down – White gent : EIGHTEENTWO
3-down – Standard accompaniment to the Golden River : POOR
4-down – Parrot given knighthood for being in Llareggub : POLLYGARTER
5-down – Policeman fixing the gravy for maker of 7s : ROBERT
6-down – 17’s alchemist friends restricting contest to America? : PARACELSUS
7-down – See 15 : POEM
8-down – Lawyers reported visiting home of premium bonds selector : ATTORNEYS
9-down – Request partners to be bent? : ASKEW
10-down – Relative accepts half old school punishment for folly : SILLINESS
11-down – Second archbishop of the 1930s, in a manner of speaking : SLANG
18-down – Margaret’s half backed a maid buried by 17 : GRAMMARIAN
19-down – Mooring for atheist at sea : STAITHE
22-down – Offshore watch to carry on idly having a drug problem : COASTGUARD
23-down – Micro-king’s mollusc fished up by 17 : MUREX
26-down – Food and flower taken up in place of 1 across : HAMELIN
27-down – Distant signal partly in Iranian mouths : FARSI
29-down – Latin is both plainly and cryptically used with permission : NIHILOBSTAT
30-down – Take colour from gypsies: it’s found in suffering : ACHROMATISE
31-down – 17’s 45 35 shows Afro themes ending in Africa : FROMTHESEA
33-down – Enthusiast and friend of Shakespeare taking fish as polisher : BUFFWHEEL
34-down – Hazel, better rabbit when body starts to be left off, mated 5 17 : ELIZABETH
36-down – Courses in the wrong order for candy? : SWEETMEAT
39-down – English speaker to make a straight face? : GRINGO
40-down – Cloth with explosive laid up : DENIM
41-down – 7 about challenge to Macduff : LAYON
44-down – See 43 : NELL
45-down – Call to spirits accepting obligation of nostalgic 7s : HOME
This crossword has in total 54 where 26 are across and 28 are down.