This crossword No. 23013 clues and answers were published on Sat 13 Dec 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23013 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Southside plant : SEDGE
4-across – Dance, one involving sailors, before one exercises : HORNPIPE
8-across – Sign one’s on the hook is, perhaps, sign one’s off the hook : ENGAGEMENTRING
10-across – Put trust before a tie between mother and child : PLACENTA
11-across – Fasten case that’s not closed : ATTACH
12-across – Leaderless team citing poor form is perplexing : ENIGMATIC
15-across – Rising riffraff, including upper-class slime : MUCUS
17-across – Damp smell badly gets one down initially : HUMID
18-across – Back strain comes over bearing obstacle : HINDRANCE
19-across – Virtually only one comfort : SOLACE
21-across – Who’s boss? Bond’s answer could cause trouble : MISCHIEF
24-across – Precaution found in drapers? : COUNTERMEASURE
25-across – Spring roll sounds civilised : WELLBRED
26-across – Provided by top firm : SOLID
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See chapel and set off? : STEEPLECHASE
2-down – Assertion of opinion over divinity degree dispelled mist : DOGMATISM
3-down – Bird dog slips lead : EAGLE
4-down – Embroider problem surrounding nightmare place that student quits : HEMSTITCH
5-down – Let rip : RENT
6-down – This worker has scope to catch up : PARTTIMER
7-down – Beast said to indulge? : PANDA
9-down – Seat in Parliament? : CHESTERFIELD
13-down – Here in France, new award covers healing : MEDICINAL
14-down – Fraud business reporter verified : CONFIRMED
16-down – Always going on functional assignment without woman : CONTINUAL
20-down – Be mated without love to relax : LOOSE
22-down – Credit fool with being stupid : CRASS
23-down – Composer’s peculiar day off : WEIR
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.