This crossword No. 23209 clues and answers were published on Sat 31 Jul 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23209 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Women of Germany turned over in mind game : WILDFOWL
5-across – Bid has power to reproduce sofa : CANAPE
9-across – Sailor on mound for the most part a hypocrite : TARTUFFE
10-across – Hurt bad tip : OFFEND
12-across – Union’s on record about having an advantage : ONEUP
13-across – Obstructively defend – nothing original in evasive manoeuvre : STONEWALL
14-across – Rumour about stingy business graduate – is this a … : ONEARMBANDIT
18-across – … miser? No – review with penny, which provides wealth : MONEYSPINNER
21-across – Always missing at end of week, he has a late drink : SUNDOWNER
23-across – The point of 7 or 3? : NORTH
24-across – Setter stays with spy master in the same place : IBIDEM
25-across – Even doing joint, here goes mine! : TURNSPIT
26-across – Semicircular advice to Annie: It’s a little valuable : NUGGET
27-across – The wanderer prosecutes over headless corpse’s first appearing : ODYSSEUS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A rower’s drug consumption, up front, his own circles : WETBOB
2-down – Where provisions are left, more ‘abit-forming : LARDER
3-down – Prince pays pauper pittance – an old coin for starters? : FOURPENNY
4-down – Is this the purpose of a Dutch auction? : WIFESWAPPING
6-down – Start to film in a story – what’s it all about? : ALFIE
7-down – Australian city set down in a semicircle : ADELAIDE
8-down – Tissue paper’s beginning to line object after a delay : ENDPLATE
11-down – Grassland worn down? We both agree about it : COMMONGROUND
15-down – What confines Terpsichore & Co when outside range : APENNINES
16-down – Failure to ring embassy : OMISSION
17-down – Continua? : UNENDING
19-down – Good Jack’s contracted influenza : GRIPPE
20-down – Mother of Achilles in this film? : THETIS
22-down – Such characters fill robes effortlessly! : OBESE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.