This crossword No. 23430 clues and answers were published on Sat 16 Apr 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23430 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Writing back to university, thank God ‘e’s got a mark : SMUDGE
5-across – Winner bagged first place in this : SACKRACE
9-across – Americans doing the business here in Bangor, say? : DOWNTOWN
10-across – Never admitting training in household textiles : NAPERY
11-across – Strangely, ‘e found Dallas immediately : ALLOFASUDDEN
13-across – It becomes us all and, ungrammatically, on the contrary! : DUST
14-across – Work with large numbers of tree dwellers : OPOSSUMS
17-across – Barber’s harmony loud, so far as we are concerned : FOURPART
18-across – No further charge on the Blaydon Races? : NETT
20-across – Declines more treatment with such instruments : MICRONEEDLES
23-across – One’s turning left through her! : SILVIA
24-across – Supports weapons without support : ARMRESTS
25-across – In French, spell Charm : ENTRANCE
26-across – Innate, primitive disposition! : NATURE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Reveal the rear satellite : MOON
3-down – St Leger here with a fellow fly-fisher : DONCASTER
4-down – Cabinet oil expert outing the French 22 : ETOILE
5-down – Unite in mess of mess; hang together roughly or, in unison, belt out 2 21, 9, 11, 19 21, 22 13, 23, say, or 26 boy : SINGFROMTHESAME
6-down – Monastic London characters in the Lake District : CONISTON
7-down – Swift attack capturing prince : RAPID
8-down – Reprimand night flyer for attacking Brussels? : CARPETMOTH
12-down – The Bundesbank’s dream of continental coverage? : EUROVISION
15-down – See 5 : SONGSHEET
16-down – Man without home thanks one for support : MAINTAIN
19-down – See 6 : OLDMAN
21-down – Banker with a bank in Paris, right? : RIVER
22-down – 4’s raising the population of Hamelin : STAR
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.