This crossword No. 23323 clues and answers were published on Sat 11 Dec 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23323 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Unfamiliar dialect from the mouth : DELTAIC
5-across – Pen drawing round tourniquet initially contracting blood vessels : STYPTIC
9-across – Digital feature runs into 80%? : WHORL
10-across – Ancient commander in counter-manoeuvres : CENTURION
11-across – See 14 : THEJONESES
12-across – Hide habitation concealing its first weapon : EPEE
14-across – Quentin Crisp’s note retrieved high up rank to low, where he’d pay even less – compete? Just ridiculous! : NEVERKEEPUP
18-across – Emancipated people heading off round work unit to church for the Second Coming : REEMERGENCE
21-across – Fluff to decay, virtually : GOOF
22-across – See 14 : ITSCHEAPER
25-across – Blundering, furniture people carried in urgency, damaged at first : HAMFISTED
26-across – See 14 : LEVEL
27-across – Sea parted by chief, progressed as army : MARCHED
28-across – Women like it, so lie! : ROMANCE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 14 : DOWNTO
2-down – Failure to capture ring means more free : LOOSER
3-down – Versatile player result of team’s beer and pizza regimen? : ALLROUNDER
4-down – Fund credit, endlessly : CACHE
5-down – Old council man fills smooth river in : SANHEDRIN
6-down – See 14 : YOUR
7-down – I record single cutting record, Rover’s End? : TAILPIPE
8-down – Think about being on time? Time to disregard : CONTEMPT
13-down – Bit of a thinker, maverick absorbed in clue that’s confused many : CEREBELLUM
15-down – Sprouted as a couch potato? : VEGETATED
16-down – See 14 : DRAGTHEM
17-down – Religious teaching sometime for Luther, perhaps : REFORMER
19-down – Five in the country finding problem with hock : SPAVIN
20-down – Screen almost pale, admitting off-colour : GRILLE
23-down – Drink indication of killing, right? : CIDER
24-down – See 14 : WITH
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.