This crossword No. 23287 clues and answers were published on Sat 30 Oct 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23287 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Swear to hold on to chapter lay out : CONCUSS
5-across – Manual deployment of those who know the answer : HANDSUP
9-across – Berlin’s perennial crime? What’s this about? : WHITE
10-across – See 9 : CHRISTMAS
11-across – Colin Duke bored the pants off date, going It’s too shameful to reveal! : SKELETONIN
12-across – Timber arrangement doubling the animals boarded? : FOUR
14-across – Suit galoot altered to medium is an example of bad style : TAUTOLOGISM
18-across – See 11 : THECUPBOARD
21-across – Visit from Jack Frost with unsolicited double glazing offer? : COLD
22-across – Invariable condition of Superman Encyclopedia sequence : PERMANENCY
25-across – Falls for Lucy’s top, poor sap – on drugs : PROLAPSES
26-across – Barrage of insults about girl, butt having gone very round : SALVO
27-across – Involved with Dynasty : TANGLED
28-across – One bent on being a lawyer : SHYSTER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Like Daisy, firm and long : COWISH
2-down – Features about independent broadcasts : NOISES
3-down – Rough time to get flu, otherwise not memorable : UNEVENTFUL
4-down – Odd type of odd sock worn by one : SICKO
5-down – They like their greens, abhor liver cooked and left out : HERBIVORA
6-down – Origin of half child’s return fare : NOSH
7-down – As Blair rises in – I say – extraordinary meetings : SYMPOSIA
8-down – Over-butter one beef dish : PASTRAMI
13-down – Guardian solvers keep quiet, really : YOUDONTSAY
15-down – Leeds buns, hot but not crossed : UNBLESSED
16-down – Cook’s stand-by, shares put in pocket : STOCKPOT
17-down – I say, bowler, I say – that’s rather shabby! : WELLWORN
19-down – Band suitable for a low joint : ANKLET
20-down – See 12 : BYFOUR
23-down – Model grasps point of lawgiver : MOSES
24-down – See 21 : CALL
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.