This crossword No. 23007 clues and answers were published on Sat 06 Dec 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23007 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Thematically I’m buttonless, as there wasn’t ____ : MUSHROOM
9-across – 8 eaten by carnivore? No kidding! : ENOKI
10-across – Sensible letters read out : WISE
11-across – 8 food and its source, a quarter in blue : CHAMPIGNON
12-across – See 21 : INKCAP
14-across – Cover chastity, not head, after brief moment : SECURITY
15-across – Police set about invading Watford area : GESTAPO
17-across – Dalai Lama, for instance, finds Greek character canned? : TIBETAN
20-across – To stagger is not to crash into tree : ASTONISH
22-across – Eatery with inventive Hungarian stew half eaten : BISTRO
23-across – Little house on estate I’m developing : MAISONETTE
24-across – Rascal beheaded one in cathedral … : NAVE
25-across – … when I entered, Lincoln? : GREEN
26-across – Exclamation of contempt for burglars sounded : KNICKERS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Bewildered Euclidean left to go like the clappers? : AUDIENCE
2-down – Perhaps Oxford bags inch too wide, the ends of which required … : SHOE
3-down – … and the end of which required to walk up : TOECAP
4-down – Official residence making a packet? : EMBASSY
5-down – Navigator capsized vessels indulging in kinky vice : VESPUCCI
6-down – Creatures which may have gone slippery in fishermen’s traps? : CONGEREELS
7-down – Briefly visit shops perhaps from home, returning to get purse : NIPOUT
13-down – Source of oil – raise river bed first by lots : COTTONSEED
16-down – Touching and panting when writhing, embracing love : POIGNANT
18-down – First creature on an opening leaf looked up? : AARDVARK
19-down – 8 providing benefit without success : SHITAKE
21-down – 8 giving sea bird severe pain circling old South American rock, finally swallowed : SHAGGY
22-down – 8 missed the opportunity? : BLEWIT
24-down – Bomb : NUKE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.