This crossword No. 23514 clues and answers were published on Sat 23 Jul 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23514 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Support chambers supportive of one’s nation : PROPATRIA
10-across – Strong and fit for romance : FABLE
11-across – Great Space Odyssey film making comeback, seen all over the place : IMMENSE
12-across – Succeed with strip : PULLOFF
13-across – Neither you ____, flipping smooth : IRON
14-across – One over the eight, claiming mad character born gossip : CHATTERBOX
16-across – Cheese dishes tender, use hash : FONDUES
17-across – Jerk turns in tangible performance : RECITAL
19-across – Reportedly, piece easy – that’s not so bright : NIGHTLIGHT
22-across – Warning suggests hen party? : OMEN
24-across – Forces which turn into doubt or questions : TORQUES
25-across – Bar about a quarter, up to date : ABREAST
26-across – Vindication for reversible gesture : VSIGN
27-across – Make yourself scarce, when badly appraised : DISAPPEAR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Construction put in to really annoy, perhaps : SPLITINFINITIVE
2-down – Prosperous location where many drag in benefit : BOOMTOWN
3-down – Speak of chief state : MAINE
4-down – Attend to holes in trousers : BREECHES
5-down – Reprimand Rover? : CARPET
6-down – A criminal harbours assailant in winter, providing extreme comfort : AFFLUENCE
7-down – Take in siblings, degree coming up : ABSORB
8-down – Elfin intimacy only a part cryptic, no definition : SELFEXPLANATORY
15-down – American bit of fluff finds Aussie toilet out of order, according to Spooner : DUSTBUNNY
17-down – Tries again with tip of stake to run through : REHEARSE
18-down – Who disheartens stonemason, you might say? : TOMBAKER
20-down – Bulb not entirely lit in climbing rock face : GARLIC
21-down – Behind doors that are locked, having been picked : INSIDE
23-down – Good crime for source of claret : GRAPE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.