This crossword No. 23915 clues and answers were published on Sat 04 Nov 2006 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23915 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Slid on heel, can’t repair the weak spot : BRHILLES
5-across – See 1 across : TENDON
9-across – Ireland is cleaving Bremner for mocking : IRRISORY
10-across – Theologian has turned to embrace holy man, refined : SADDHU
11-across – Cracked basin the Degas drinkers put down : ABSINTHE
12-across – Councillor to augment outdated nursery provision : CRECHE
14-across – Well done, the solver! That was Erin’s stout assertion! : GOODFORYOU
18-across – Odd! The Guardian’s economist here with unconfirmed reports : RUMOURMILL
22-across – As insincere as a smile from Cheshire? : CHEESY
23-across – A tricky problem: with ie not one calorie in Madame Butterfly’s cuisine : TERIYAKI
24-across – Lamb devotees beginning to eat escargot over here! : ELIANS
25-across – Had I had trouble with Liberal revolutionary, would be affected : LAHDIDAH
26-across – Ascetic wobbling ’til on ‘is stem? Yes! : SIMEON
27-across – See 26 : STYLITES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Mad dog for one transferred from the Marx oeuvre : BNIMAL
2-down – Elsewhere synods embracing auto-da-fé for this : HERESY
3-down – Not netting around big fish : LOSING
4-down – Mother’s raw material for chicken feed : EARTHWORMS
6-down – Fruit with an evening in Paris: eat English and throw up! : ETAERIOS
7-down – Did Bunthorne shy stone at first travelling folk? : DIDICOYS
8-down – Upstarts? Excuse our havin’ blundered : NOUVEAUX
13-down – Mature tirade about oriental contaminant : ADULTERANT
15-down – See 1 down : CRACKERS
16-down – By what authority? I’m umpire! Out! : IMPERIUM
17-down – How a marathon competitor comes across and collides? : RUNSINTO
19-down – Petty officer can raise a child : TINDAL
20-down – Marianne personified as fantastic broad: a model! : BARDOT
21-down – See 8 : RICHES
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.