This crossword No. 23747 clues and answers were published on Sat 22 Apr 2006 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23747 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Incandescent satellite, commandeered by Rufus, reversed mostly : FURIOUS
8-across – Araucaria’s Life-force Bank: secure and electronic : CHILEAN
9-across – Smith’s predecessor to make Logodaedalus news : WORD
10-across – Appliance of mechanics principally associated with Brummie – old students beware getting out of line! : MICROWAVE
12-across – Wedge foreign article in scanning equipment : CLEAT
13-across – Like a drink offered by one having flutter in the Parrot : LIBATORY
15-across – Bent tibias – sex rejected and abandoned : BIAS
16-across – Pasquale’s hogging card partner and dance partner of Paul : JONES
17-across – See 8 : PINE
18-across – The very last in the queue despite expectations? : AFTERALL
20-across – Maybe Bunthorne’s in musical entertainment as an Irish saint? : BRIDE
21-across – Whipped round with pile to be laundered : PURLOINED
22-across – Vein on Latin lines : LODE
24-across – See 23 : PURPOSE
25-across – One ideally situated to muddle on with Taupi : UTOPIAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Orlando tips uranium : OUZO
2-down – They separate the good from the bad, Enigmatist and his ilk : RIDDLERS
3-down – Something vulgarly dull after Quantum, not specific : SUMMAT
4-down – Clot, daft as brush, Tom : THROMBUS
5-down – Flexible machinery etc contains one : PLIANT
6-down – Discouraged? Shed/Gordius cooked fish : DACE
11-down – Chifonie clone, different league involved – an honorary title only : COLONELIN
12-down – : CHIEF
14-down – Move at will: Rover might follow in a vehicle : RANGE
16-down – Janus, teaming with Losey : JEALOUSY
17-down – Insert pike into seeds and sort of screw : PHILLIPS
19-down – Parent dealt in ecstasy : ENRAPT
20-down – Bathroom fixtures, dead expensive, finally in pieces : BIDETS
21-down – Maybe Auster’s other Guardian pseudonym : PAUL
23-down – Pop! Audreus rallied round Lendl’s lead, producing a double service : DUAL
This crossword has in total 30 where 15 are across and 15 are down.