This crossword No. 23783 clues and answers were published on Sat 03 Jun 2006 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23783 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Man’s cover of limb? : GARMENT
5-across – Moor’s 1 across to stream round us : BURNOUS
9-across – One across the border’s 1 across : ASCOT
10-across – Colour bar on bearing 1 across : REDINGOTE
11-across – Rigged up portion for 1 across : POURPOINT
12-across – Halo on St Benets 1 across : LOONS
13-across – 1 across that’s loose change : SHIFT
15-across – 1 across near to community carrying little weight : NIGHTGOWN
18-across – Mousey witness to taunt about 1 across : DUNGAREES
19-across – 1 across for birds : DUCKS
21-across – Dock liner to vessel’s 1 across : SLOPS
23-across – 1 across in which a coarse soldier’s fitted out? : GARIBALDI
25-across – Woolly cap or a Ted’s 1 across : DRAPECOAT
26-across – Go round 1 across : SKIRT
27-across – Rained slightly on starting point for 1 across : SPATTEE
28-across – Curse about the limits of 1 across : SWEATER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Whale’s lightweight discharge : GRAMPUS
2-down – Cutting off sound and corrupting influence that’s uplifting? : RECLUSION
3-down – Preclude short bearing in wire, perhaps : ESTOP
4-down – Delay joining in rat race : TARRIANCE
5-down – Wait a while : BIDET
6-down – Deleting r from curly : RINGLETED
7-down – Nils bound book with decorative strip : OVOLO
8-down – Relative hurries when followed by it : STEPSON
14-down – Fleeting rains splashed in shelter : TRANSIENT
16-down – Way fish swallows, it’s painful to stomach : GASTRITIS
17-down – For example, diviner eye doctor keeps cut ends apart : OCCULTIST
18-down – Turfs round a wheeled seat : DOSADOS
20-down – Model induces king to hurry about : SKITTER
22-down – Part of tomahawk found in Nebraska : OMAHA
23-down – Fumble for more than a G-string? : GROPE
24-down – Meantime kept beat : BASTE
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.