This crossword No. 23538 clues and answers were published on Sat 20 Aug 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23538 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Detective is trailing money once spent abroad by author : DICKFRANCIS
9-across – Relates to one’s source of cash in the past : TESTOON
10-across – Power to keep going in adversity excites when lacking energy : STAMINA
11-across – Spinner allowing one run lets it slip : TURNSTILE
12-across – Where to learn the three R’s? : KINGS
13-across – Cry over spilt milk? : OOPS
14-across – Size keeps Society Island hot : PASSIONATE
16-across – Racism even affected one in the wars : SERVICEMAN
19-across – Horse’s upright member : STUD
20-across – Off-load gold in the Bronx? : FOIST
21-across – Its stance displayed the heart of a lion : CATTINESS
23-across – Number used more than once in division : HUNDRED
24-across – Doing series about King George I : CHARING
25-across – This’ll surprise you in advance: Nelson’s after honoured lady : LOANDBEHOLD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Poor dolt in Paris found out what the lion’s share is : DISPROPORTIONAL
2-down – See 7 : CROSS
3-down – Place for water in a cheese : FONTINA
4-down – Angry gathering introduces science to a good queen : ABSCESS
5-down – Craze on what it might be to be crazy : CRACKPOT
6-down – Try it on partners who take trouble to soil their opponents in Germany : SAILNEARTHEWIND
7-down – Bits of a play that’s 14: 12, 24 … and 15? : STATIONSOFTHE
8-down – Is dye pleasing in this arrangement? : PAISLEYDESIGN
15-down – Reported as plumb line falls? : VICTORIA
17-down – Digitised fish need to be swimming around : ENCODED
18-down – Could be an item : ARTICLE
22-down – As potato growers might have said here in America? : IDAHO
This crossword has in total 26 where 14 are across and 12 are down.