Guardian Prize

[miyake]

Stuck on a few still. Can anyone help?
W - Swift once tailed Defoe - two getting drunk consuming gin, perhaps (4-6)

[Lie-in King]

Wing-footed - anag 'Defo(e)' (tailed) + 'two' + 'gin'

[miyake]

Lovely, thanks. As sometimes happened, I got it in the process of submission! Still struggling to fit all the clues together mind...

[Tilly2]

Keep going, Miyake. I haven't even tried to do it. :-(

[Indianan]

Wing footed anag of defo two and gin

[miyake]

Thanks, but something has gone wrong in the SE corner. I have the T clue going down there and it doesn't fit...

[scorpiojo]

The T fits at 18 down

[scorpiojo]

..the B is split at 24a/d..

[miyake]

Scorpiojo, you are a hero. I do indeed have T at 18d, but had H for 24a. I can't tell you how long I have stared at the puzzle wondering how I could have got it wrong.

[scorpiojo]

Glad to have helped :)