This crossword No. 23001 clues and answers were published on Sat 29 Nov 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23001 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – As 1, 2 and 6 are unable to bear one of the French 5 : CIDEVANT
9-across – Ornithograph that’s showing presence of thrush : APHTHA
10-across – Old slag fell out of old scripture : SCORIA
11-across – Sleepy royal butter provider might, perhaps, deny Lear : ALDERNEY
12-across – Artistic licence? : FREE
13-across – She interpreted Weill, yet not all ‘e composed : LOTTELENYA
15-across – One makes things compatible, fitting between a daughter and the common woman : ADAPTER
16-across – Concerning Kate’s float? : READIES
18-across – My crime sat unsettled and out of order : ASYMMETRIC
19-across – Wonder at disparity in trade with East : GAPE
20-across – Hard on a pieceworker’s liver : HABITANT
22-across – One of Putin’s 16 : ROUBLE
23-across – Sally! One’s not out to get it! : INJOKE
24-across – Mustard to singe one’s hair? : CHARLOCK
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – 8 20 of 7 delivering gigantic address : GISCARDDESTAING
2-down – 8 20 of 7 from the centre of Paris : GEORGESPOMPIDOU
3-down – Vichy leader with story about Louis XIV’s mistress : LAVALLIERE
4-down – Castle where Walpole ran into Bismark? : OTRANTO
5-down – See 12 : HAND
6-down – 8 20 of 7 turned out to be a legal scheduler : CHARLESDEGAULLE
7-down – Where 1, 2 and 6 all appeared in The Bill, see? Look mate, ‘e’s finished! : THEELYSEEPALACE
14-down – Philip II’s complex putting off callers? That is nothing! : ELESCORIAL
17-down – Works of Blue Period with aural insert : EROTICA
21-down – Charge card not for a gringo? : AMEX
This crossword has in total 24 where 14 are across and 10 are down.