This crossword No. 23317 clues and answers were published on Sat 04 Dec 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23317 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Disconcert one who does concert : RATTLE
4-across – Internal ruse to get fuel, we hear : GASTRIC
9-across – Limb grasped by animal of Cheshire 7 : CAMEMBERT
10-across – Some of service to queen gets on top of chef : TOQUE
11-across – Groan in fantasy at bird : TITUS
12-across – Could be slower, especially at lights out : POWERLESS
13-across – Name of worker with house across the Atlantic : ANTHONY
15-across – It isn’t brave to cry out with pain : YELLOW
17-across – Hell encompasses unknown stars : HYADES
19-across – 7’s list in issue : STILTON
22-across – 7’s left turn is in season : PORTSALUT
24-across – Man of note in hotel garden : ELGAR
26-across – Ruse to get city car : DODGE
27-across – How they go in the heavy artillery? : GREATGUNS
28-across – 7 with underground features : CHEDDAR
29-across – Slips animal into period : ERRATA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – 7 for educated girl keeping her bed : RICOTTA
2-down – Try speed without oxygen: end of experiment : TEMPT
3-down – Lloyd’s upset about adapting mews for 7 : LYMESWOLD
4-down – Entrance not straight, getting at partners inside : GATEWAY
5-down – Diversion of stray wolf : SATYR
6-down – 7’s not caught in game, a strong point : ROQUEFORT
7-down – VIP may be big and hard : CHEESE
8-down – Row regularly on river, in a way more like the sea : DEEPLY
14-down – Tragedy bi-variant, lamented by McGonagall : TAYBRIDGE
16-down – Not so much to report of red 7 … : LEICESTER
18-down – … part of which retains runner for race : STLEGER
19-down – I am home to badger the Queen : SETTER
20-down – St Philip on a donkey raised a Shakespearean maid : NERISSA
21-down – I coped badly with being lyrical, Greek style : EPODIC
23-down – Pay out at price at start and finish : SPEND
25-down – 7 pair in silver turns up : GOUDA
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.