This crossword No. 23251 clues and answers were published on Sat 18 Sep 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23251 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Deadlock from an unresolved sit-in? : STANDOFF
5-across – See 26 : DEVILS
9-across – He scored from penetrating for the Ukrainian side : PROKOFIEV
11-across – House call : BINGO
12-across – Gay Scot, a MacDonald, swearing in 21! : GORDONRAMSAY
15-across – Love giving one aching back : EROS
16-across – Wrong name on the rota: how many more? : NOTANOTHER
18-across – Coupling of Heloise and Abelard? : LOVERSKNOT
19-across – Drink for adult travelling with Noah : ARAK
21-across – New York slums where 5 on 25 are prepared? : HELLSKITCHEN
24-across – Max or daughter leaving scar : CLIFF
25-across – Switch bet on runner up here : HORSEBACK
26-across – Loved this! Led Astray by Kingsley Amis : THEOLD
27-across – One of 2 in 22, but only 1 in 3! : SYLLABLE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A month with the Camerons’ division : SEPT
2-down – Prophet with a reduced majority : AMOS
3-down – Works of Bramante and Brunelleschi, a twosome detailing some with elevation : DUOMOS
4-down – Cod alternative from conservationists’ fresh find; I’m OK battered! : FRIEDMONKFISH
6-down – Make much of dodgy last character with no blame attached : EMBLAZON
7-down – Deadly poison present! It’s all around us! : IONOSPHERE
8-down – Like an unpaid quarryman on the rocks? : STONYBROKE
10-down – Died in vain, sadly; can Edwina produce from 21? : VINDALOOCURRY
13-down – Dare to telephone the Queen? : BELLTHECAT
14-down – Tory against privileged lives could be fitting : CONVULSIVE
17-down – Believing there’s no vacancy among the Guardian’s owners, say : TRUSTFUL
20-down – Critic with pronounced opinions on author Anna : SEWELL
22-down – William Brown’s cloven foot : IAMB
23-down – Island state in the Garden of England : SKYE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.