This crossword No. 23281 clues and answers were published on Sat 23 Oct 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23281 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – 21 weeks and 3 days before 15’s place … : CLEVES
4-across – … then 13 and a quarter in a pile … : HOWARD
9-across – … then 13’s little fish : PARR
10-across – Ability to act without orders is the first step : INITIATIVE
11-across – An impression about 5 is coming : ADVENT
12-across – Remove re-moved for good : EVERMORE
13-across – Mutiny seizes the right partner for a short 14 unknown otherwise : CATHERINE
15-across – … then another from Guy Mannering … : ANNE
16-across – … then another with a month on a drug : JANE
17-across – Good girl, an example to the cabinet? : GLASSCASE
21-across – Expert covered with piece of cloth, consequence of flukes : SHEEPROT
22-across – Good line in landscape included by 15 : BOLEYN
24-across – I sing – I used, anyway – not looking myself : INDISGUISE
25-across – Use horn both ways : TOOT
26-across – Direction about spirit as a source of power : ENGINE
27-across – Hat used on 22 and 4? : TOPPER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Girl’s name for archbishop among spies : CLAUDIA
2-down – 12 that’s weird : EERIE
3-down – Conqueror pursuing English needs a bouncer : EVICTOR
5-down – Nothing’s happening to the pointed arches : OGIVES
6-down – A nice cut keeps misanthrope looking like metal : ANTIMONIC
7-down – Killer in low joint came to 20’s 13 and 1 across’s 15 : DIVORCE
8-down – Bond’s plan used by our husband? : LIVEANDLETDIE
14-down – Want a skein and a string around Ireland : HANKERING
16-down – Fellow Scot’s sweetheart: he goes round upsetting pub : JOHNNIE
18-down – Zeus’ brother achieved minus : SUBZERO
19-down – 16 across heard to have improved vision : SEYMOUR
20-down – Wearing shoddy garment in 13’s place : ARAGON
23-down – Cease to prevent rising : LETUP
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.