This crossword No. 25903 clues and answers were published on Sat 23 Mar 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 25903 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Abundance of crystals treating ailments : SALTMINE
9-across – 14 for weak old lions, perhaps? : SENILE
10-across – Mother leaves African country via an African native : LIBYAN
11-across – Urgent: couple of Latins getting frisky in clandestine love affair : INTRIGUE
12-across – See 19 : PART
13-across – Recall wee teddy’s head cuddled by minor, producing comforting words : SLEEPTIGHT
15-across – Ride through change in Oxford or Cambridge, possibly? : VARSITY
16-across – Describing lung membranes, soft with questionable allure : PLEURAL
18-across – Strain, say, behind party rivalry : CONTENTION
19-across – Start lap dancing, showing tail? : LAST
20-across – Elegant, idly swimming in water : LADYLIKE
22-across – Deliver key to open road in Paris : RESCUE
23-across – Endless siren in sacred chant : MANTRA
24-across – A fish going backwards around little island in the Caribbean : DOMINICA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – It’s one of my 14s, but did I perceive something of the others? : WASITACARORACAT
2-down – 14 — Japanese model is what it is? : ATOYOTASATOYOTA
3-down – Saint Paul’s man, perhaps, finding one with Saint Martin extremely unreliable : MINNESOTAN
4-down – See 9 : FELINES
5-down – Two articles taken from a Volkswagen, over here! : PSST
6-down – One of two is introduced to popular water sport, making one distinctive : INDIVIDUALISING
7-down – Drink containing Irish water servant’s left for traditional food : PLOUGHMANSLUNCH
14-down – One is drawn onward : PALINDROME
17-down – Fib about alcoholic drink being one that’s non-alcoholic? : LIMEADE
21-down – See 1 : ISAW
This crossword has in total 24 where 14 are across and 10 are down.