This crossword No. 23418 clues and answers were published on Sat 02 Apr 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23418 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Compile faulty argument : POLEMIC
5-across – Some mix in nut and meat product : PEMICAN
9-across – Voice intent : TENOR
10-across – Willing to accept daughter can be changed : AMENDABLE
11-across – Make tyres differently, giving improved access : MASTERKEY
12-across – ‘ound the Italian to the point where … : UNTIL
13-across – … eccentric eats hot vegetable : CHARD
15-across – Is priest getting immoral capital? : ISLAMABAD
18-across – New gaffer initially interrupts foremost film director : PREMINGER
19-across – Sailor stays in corrupt place to sleep : ROOST
21-across – A king picked up the vernacular : ARGOT
23-across – One makes a claim before getting emotional : PRETENDER
25-across – Associate depression with class : COLLEAGUE
26-across – Detective recovers stolen loincloth : DHOTI
27-across – Rushed round a cross fast : RAMADAN
28-across – Navigate round America in old ship : STEAMER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Mop coat spoilt in river : POTOMAC
2-down – Picture shows lights on the promontory : LANDSCAPE
3-down – Detective in scrap throws a left : MORSE
4-down – Student tucks into excellent pork accompaniment : CRACKLING
5-down – Ruth embraces oriental devotion : PIETY
6-down – Abigail does without a calculator for a period : MIDSUMMER
7-down – Explorer and sailor in bed : CABOT
8-down – Required to restrain a Liberal made angry : NEEDLED
14-down – Tangle and quarrel with in action : DRIFTWEED
16-down – Immensity of philanthropy shown around the northeast : LARGENESS
17-down – Carpet the street in blossom : BROADLOOM
18-down – Rushed Charlie in by lively horse : PRANCER
20-down – Soldier to slip up in bank : TERRIER
22-down – Artificial life form discovered by Mongol emperor : GOLEM
23-down – Show silver in dish to unbeliever : PAGAN
24-down – Invest in experience without resistance : ENDUE
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.