This crossword No. 23358 clues and answers were published on Sat 22 Jan 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23358 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Policeman at seaside reported a tree : COPPER
5-across – Singer found only in wood and water : JUSTIN
8-across – Anarchic movement puts barrier round platform : DADAISM
9-across – Made a mistake and got softened up? : FLUFFED
11-across – They have openings for speculators – note: everything’s at the speed of sound among the trees : PINBALLMACHINES
12-across – The one who wins the girl’s love? : HERO
13-across – See 5 : TIMBERLAKE
17-across – Shelley’s editor edited without thinking : HEEDLESSLY
18-across – Whisky for beer : MALT
20-across – Birds get on with old king that’s admitted member of Cambridge body : ROBINSONCOLLEGE
23-across – The day before the Sabbath is a high point : EVEREST
24-across – French boy losing his head: time for something he’s got? : ACQUEST
25-across – Flower could be the same when cut : THAMES
26-across – A line that isn’t in favour : AVERSE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Poem about universal Balkan currency in action before 19 in 18 : OUDENARDE
3-down – Original border circumvented by friend : PRIMAL
4-down – One who paints modern girls in action before 2 : RAMILLIES
5-down – Cream of jest – affair’s not Irish but Orange : JAFFA
6-down – See Arthur about his father – Irish, not Orange? : SOUTHERN
7-down – Lower international organisation – I must be joking : INFUN
8-down – Paid the wrong bill to send off a sub? : DEPTHCHARGE
10-down – I don’t agree to delete another two insets : DISSENTIENT
14-down – Battle by lake with cold and hot material : BALACLAVA
15-down – Knowledge of a missing Trojan 12 about battles : AWARENESS
16-down – Apple in action before 4 : BLENHEIM
19-down – Floss wanted memorial tablet : PLAQUE
21-down – See 1 : BEECH
22-down – Polar 12’s report of grain : OATES
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.