This crossword No. 23454 clues and answers were published on Sat 14 May 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23454 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Grudging approval for Rowse? : COULDBEWORSE
8-across – Conservationist advice of no avail : USELESS
9-across – City topped one caught for being a robber : HEISTER
11-across – Answer from Roger that’s keeping an appointment : RIPOSTE
12-across – Church, one that’s against drink : CHIANTI
13-across – Wild time in Florida : FERAL
14-across – 1 across with AC/DC is venerated above criticism : SACREDCOW
16-across – Officer mislaid drink – baby’s first : COLOSTRUM
19-across – Secretive about how old one is, unknown to the last : CAGEY
21-across – Converse of automobile city beginning service? : INTROIT
23-across – Head ill-treated by her having it shaved : DELILAH
24-across – Union on Kentish lines for care of young : NURSERY
25-across – Painter has to change direction over monetary arrangement : VERMEER
26-across – What’s dealt at bridge before shuffling off? : ALLOTTEDSPAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Chick sounds rather vulgar : CHEEPER
2-down – Tool that can be turned to let us in : UTENSIL
3-down – One may take notes from former royal consort’s speech : DISPENSER
4-down – Moral principle : ETHIC
5-down – It’s nothing, if in US official’s mouth : ORIFICE
6-down – It’s wicked, some say, to stop for drinks at a nice pub : SATANIC
7-down – To install a judge over legal proceedings is rot : PUTREFACTION
10-down – Carroll’s life-threatening investment : RAILWAYSHARE
15-down – Theatrical king making a step towards Middle East agreement : CAMPDAVID
17-down – A taller sort of sideways : LATERAL
18-down – Donkey in exhibition almost makes a break down under : SMOKEHO
19-down – State upset drink, which was spiked : CALTROP
20-down – Vessel of old fashion all gone : GALLEON
22-down – Go on the street for an encounter : TRYST
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.