This crossword No. 23137 clues and answers were published on Sat 08 May 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23137 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – L to point to an act : SATURN
4-across – L’s sacking constricts relation, a radical : JUPITER
9-across – Gk one has a source of absinthe : ARTEMISIA
10-across – Put top to bottom and head to tail to be hung in Paris : UPEND
11-across – US state not in L : DIANA
12-across – Gk 24 has one Romano drinking hot tea endlessly : APHRODITE
13-across – L travelling in the tube? : MERCURY
15-across – A thousand people opposed to prayer? : MANTIS
17-across – Gk article subsequently repeated : ATHENA
19-across – With a face like a guru in a recording : VISAGED
22-across – Back Gk 4 across to preserve : SUEZCANAL
24-across – L from heaven, usquebaugh : VENUS
26-across – Call of French politician to make one’s hair curl? : CRIMP
27-across – California artist turned composer : SCARLATTI
28-across – Chained, sadly, being without teeth : ECHIDNA
29-across – Gk 13 from another mess : HERMES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Celebrity backed by doctor with mild expletives : STARDOM
2-down – Treat – cooked : TETRA
3-down – Engineering unit, one certain to check surveyor’s calculations : REMEASURE
4-down – Mary’s father takes the part of John, a tailless ape : JOACHIM
5-down – Gk submarine supplier : PLUTO
6-down – Summertime, and ___ – vicar’s got a sinecure! : THELIVING
7-down – Means of going straight to the right milk supply : RUDDER
8-down – See 6 : ISEASY
14-down – Slightly preferable to skin problem outside the smallest state : RATHERISH
16-down – Pole : NASHVILLE
18-down – Sick men are incontinent, which doesn’t happen to elephants : AMNESIA
19-down – L shows love, commonly got up, has the ability to follow : VULCAN
20-down – Push a girl’s girl : DISMISS
21-down – Further words to solvers about church by Gk : PSYCHE
23-down – … detectives holding top L : CUPID
25-down – The back of the chest? On the contrary, the stomach : NOTUM
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.