This crossword No. 26489 clues and answers were published on Sat 07 Feb 2015 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 26489 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – 9, for example, with no points to make a book : QUARTO
6-across – Drink is sweet, with no ice : LIQUOR
9-across – Falsify income: small forged note and small coin to pick up — there you are! : DOCTOR
10-across – See 9 : IPRESUME
11-across – 9, follower of some 1 and 7 : LUKE
12-across – Tired wife out, keeping arm in correspondence : EPISTOLARY
13-across – Applying to be computerised is certain to be penalised : ASKINGFORIT
18-across – According to short burst on phone, our speaker may be on the other end : ACCRINGTON
21-across – Drink, one put before our speaker : PORT
22-across – Damn! Rain spoiled the fruit : MANDARIN
23-across – Mass disseminator of News Corporation, if our speaker joined : MORGAN
24-across – Plan in atmosphere to hold weather-changing event : LANINA
25-across – Stick around, breaking compiler’s threat : MENACE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Dull? Chops one that may follow our speaker : MATTHEWS
2-down – Look round very fast : STARVE
3-down – Exaggerated heading off little rodent: write this up in book : LIBRETTO
4-down – No more hesitation lifting this from seabed : MUSSEL
5-down – Enough people after status — weird : QUORUM
7-down – Notice about 1 follower : REMARK
8-down – See 9 : LIVINGSTONE
14-down – Untaught foreign lady heading off to place of 11 : IGNORANT
15-down – Commanding size, bigger than 5 across : IMPERIAL
16-down – Terrible fist’s second stroke : SCRAWL
17-down – Grow unpopular and fold : CREASE
19-down – Corrected in ballpoint? : REDONE
20-down – Dead queen 9, for example : NUMBER
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.