This crossword No. 23502 clues and answers were published on Sat 09 Jul 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23502 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Tom left Ginny dancing in place of sailing : LYMINGTON
6-across – Topping garment, maybe not male, for team mistress : ABIT
10-across – Social gathering mentioned in I Thessalonians : SALON
11-across – Copies single after critic Camille, the opera : PAGLIACCI
12-across – Commercial in Latin that works in a way : ROADMAN
13-across – Educated girl housekeeper gets cheese : RICOTTA
14-across – Fiend at entering struggle, that is : DEMONSTRATIVE
17-across – French wine waiter put me right off boy with books and film : SOMELIKEITHOT
21-across – Greek character, humorist, not starting and not returning : OMICRON
22-across – Look noisily for beer and coastal food plant : SEAKALE
24-across – One of us : BRITISHER
25-across – See 6 : ONTHE
26-across – See 6 : SIDE
27-across – Vote for return of an old negative is painfully optimistic : POLLYANNA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Fiddle in general brings fictional detective : LESTRADE
2-down – Toast to singer? : MELBA
3-down – Game with no net’s joined to dance : NINEMENSMORRIS
4-down – The Crest to go faster than 1 nm per hour? : TOPKNOT
5-down – Country turning up trumps about liquor : NIGERIA
7-down – Support effective powers to limit of being fed up : BACKTEETH
8-down – Island once called beautiful thanks one with little colour : TAIWAN
9-down – What may slip onto some ribs, carrying a threat – it isn’t fair : DISCRIMINATORY
15-down – Unable to explain setter’s corpse – detail that’s died : MYSTIFIED
16-down – Greek character including those of Crete and so forth : ETCETERA
18-down – Yearn for a dance, a simple ball? : LONGHOP
19-down – Knighthood for poor Lester can stay in the air : KESTREL
20-down – Political philosopher’s book going for nothing among tramps : HOBBES
23-down – Some amazement at the villa? : ASTON
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.