This crossword No. 26184 clues and answers were published on Sat 15 Feb 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26184 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Agency to make something happen when a country lass : CAUSALITY
10-across – Satisfactory note about money obtained from property on street : STOKE
11-across – Only half competent, you, not finishing, may offer excuse : ABSOLVE
12-across – See 10 : ONTRENT
13-across – Cautious, making love without sex? : CHARY
14-across – Queen in bind in mad area associated with 4 21 across : POTTERIES
16-across – Nice coppers to lie, almost fooling their senior officer : POLICEINSPECTOR
19-across – Turns into barren areas of deserts, possibly : DEFORESTS
21-across – More than one place has to be found after road junction : TOWNS
22-across – Fielder in the deep catches Kent’s tail-ender : LONGTON
23-across – Slumber is disturbed : BURSLEM
24-across – Size of paper hat : CROWN
25-across – Promoter of product making one’s lager fantastic : SLOGANEER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Damage home computer memory : SCRATCHPAD
2-down – Lots of wine on bench at market? : TUNSTALL
3-down – River, one flowing out into dried grass : HANLEY
4-down – Cardinal’s expression of disgust about Vatican City : FIVE
5-down – Philosophical reality that could excite sophist, say : HYPOSTASIS
6-down – Line on map in this other empire : ISOTHERE
7-down – At foot of tree trunk note fungi : BOLETI
8-down – Church officer not operating in ecclesiastical office : SEXT
14-down – Is wrongdoing admitted by newspapers being goody-goody? : PRISSINESS
15-down – Man under pressure to make contribution to phonetic dictionary : STRESSMARK
17-down – What may be converted to vitamin A, one trace dissolving : CAROTENE
18-down – Kicked around a watery hole, maybe — must get dried : TOWELLED
20-down – Heartless criminal takes in holy books : FENTON
21-down – Someone feared two strike-breakers turning up : TARTAR
22-down – Jam in cupboard, a third gone : LOCK
23-down – What may be furrowed, like soil mostly? : BROW
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.