This crossword No. 23496 clues and answers were published on Sat 02 Jul 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23496 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Dismiss shipping channel that circumvents US state : SENDAWAY
5-across – What’s coughed up for saying nothing : SPUTUM
9-across – Finely wrinkled mat on which Uruguay get beaten : RUGULOSE
10-across – Strong feelings about student hobbyist : ANGLER
12-across – Infested with bits – bits that really matter : NITTYGRITTY
15-across – Unexpected development in dance : TWIST
17-across – Not so great a penalty incurred for luxuriant growth : LEAFINESS
18-across – Scholar caustic about one-on-one religious teacher : MAHARISHI
19-across – Unpleasant treatment partially reversing lameness : ENEMA
20-across – Impale a spud, stifling beginning of Mary’s hymn : STABATMATER
24-across – First-rate drug available to all, retrospectively, in an ideal world : UTOPIA
25-across – Undone twice in Elba – or twice in four years? : BIENNIAL
26-across – Musical genre’s rubbish – no heart to it : GARAGE
27-across – One annoyed about the consistent summer temperature : ISOTHERE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Unexpectedly release from prison sentence : SPRINGTIME
2-down – Almost drunk carrying plate and candle : NIGHTLIGHT
3-down – Partner inhaling oxygen mixture : ALLOY
4-down – An aria a slut’s performing from South Pacific : AUSTRALASIAN
6-down – Foul in penalty zone that shouldn’t be visible : PANTYLINE
7-down – Largely agree such a story is implausible : TALL
8-down – Note in old currency : MARK
11-down – Composer not quite admitting singer’s right to one rare instrument : STRADIVARIUS
13-down – King and country collecting tipsy toper’s familiar pieces : REPERTOIRE
14-down – Electronic digger crossing stream in light footwear : ESPADRILLE
16-down – Hiding hasty penetration of object : THRASHING
21-down – Painter got up two hours before midday : MANET
22-down – Animals raised to be vocal : SUNG
23-down – North African territory unlikely to be cultivated : MOOR
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.