This crossword No. 23041 clues and answers were published on Sat 17 Jan 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23041 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Almost arhythmic songsters : BEATLES
5-across – Arrangement of Bach – one to live with : COHABIT
9-across – Poet’s sea bird circling road by right : LORDBYRON
10-across – Conscious of sun god recoiling in admiration : AWARE
11-across – Try to wound : STAB
12-across – See 4 : HEARTSCLUB
14-across – Cell for nerve gas outside the old city : NEURON
15-across – Earthy sea bird keeping soldiers to the point : TERRENE
16-across – Back legs deliver sharp blow to vegetable : PARSNIP
18-across – See 4 : LONELY
20-across – It’s extremely silly to put axe in the way of a maniac : PSYCHOPATH
21-across – Piece of wood concealing origin of Norwegian pine : LONG
24-across – About to receive sort of poet : RILKE
25-across – Calling up a vet with voice breaking : EVOCATIVE
26-across – Gets limp Buddhist principle in Proverbs : SAYINGS
27-across – Most blue seats left out by model : SADDEST
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Look into loan raised as a lump : BOLUS
2-down – Where to find flight controllers and graduates in a rage : AIRBASE
3-down – Part of ear revealed at topless ball : LOBE
4-down – Upset UN’s applecart: render Help : SERGEANTPEPPERS
5-down – Fruit of aunt’s toil after getting right into dance – well done! : CONGRATULATIONS
6-down – Wilful bird welcomes modern way to gain weight : HEADSTRONG
7-down – It’s not for sight-reading : BRAILLE
8-down – Many in the inner circle quake : TREMBLE
13-down – Product of northern ranch – beef and vegetable : FRENCHBEAN
16-down – Some Treasury papers brought up for writing on : PAPYRUS
17-down – Author’s cut by leading family : ROYALTY
19-down – There’s nothing in the Communist East like a cat : LEONINE
22-down – Welcome cry in the North : GREET
23-down – See 4 : BAND
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.