This crossword No. 23556 clues and answers were published on Sat 10 Sep 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23556 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Excitement in 13 : BUSTLE
4-across – Dogs’ 13 : BOXERS
9-across – Attendants stop crime : LADIESINWAITING
10-across – Order 13 : GARTER
11-across – 13 slips : BLOOMERS
12-across – Cloudy June regularly broken up in happy fashion : JOCUNDLY
14-across – Tunnel finding uranium, black, in rock : SUBWAY
15-across – Reportedly, worked when called for : NEEDED
18-across – Finished piece of cake as fried eggs cooked? : OVEREASY
21-across – Uplifting 13? : THERMALS
22-across – Source of power no good in cutting pair of keys : ENGINE
24-across – Kinky adult scene isn’t a perverted crime : INDECENTASSAULT
25-across – Exit, say, on ship : EGRESS
26-across – Lay out with 13 on? : INVEST
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Confident display of 13 against 1 across : BRAVADO
2-down – Change 13 : SHIFT
3-down – Glossy featuring licentiousness – then blushing : LUSTRED
5-down – Speakers – they answer the phone short of exercise : ORATORS
6-down – English boy in fur appears worthy : ESTIMABLE
7-down – Performed tune, lifting drink : SANGRIA
8-down – First to strike overcomes head through superior : SNOBBY
13-down – Wiggle nude bottom without women’s items like these? : UNDERWEAR
16-down – Better luck having lost lead after backing Newcastle? : ENHANCE
17-down – Artists’ 13 : DRAWERS
18-down – Say how one may be shot in the workplace : ONSITE
19-down – Some winos remember to write up transcendentalist poet : EMERSON
20-down – 13 for model not attached? : SINGLET
23-down – Serious accent : GRAVE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.