This crossword No. 23520 clues and answers were published on Sat 30 Jul 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23520 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Girl, or boy, or girl circumventing South Yorkshire, initially : LINDSAY
5-across – Sea captain’s second fish : SKIPPER
10-across – Wear out in battle : FRAY
11-across – Headless little men on the subway are strict timekeepers : METRONOMES
12-across – Outside the terminus is a high speed internal connection : TENDON
13-across – Time for a drink in the space between the notes? : INTERVAL
14-across – Overpaid Royal swallowing paper contraceptive : DIAPHRAGM
16-across – Forger’s silence about small boy’s return : SMITH
17-across – Scottish trees are a pain in the Bahamas : BIRKS
19-across – Guys can be redirected to the local branch : SUBAGENCY
23-across – I share your opinion of the double entendre : HEARHEAR
24-across – Good backing received and understood by Kafka’s changed character : GREGOR
26-across – Rush to secure a vehicle for leader of convoy : CARAVANEER
27-across – Record broken by front runner : TAPE
28-across – Pop back and forth round hideout with bits missing : ADDENDA
29-across – Musicians having afterthoughts about The Hen? : PLAYERS
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Salieri production at the National : ISRAELI
3-down – Nymph given deadpan publicity : DRYAD
4-down – Social worker, not a socialite, touring Malta : ALMONER
6-down – Involved old cricketer at close of play : KNOTTY
7-down – Broadcast opposed to Imperial weights? : PROGRAMME
8-down – Refined by a gentle modulation : ELEGANT
9-down – Begin to frame question on phone to would-be phone user’s 4 29 : STRINGQUARTET
15-down – Freak storm about to disturb writer’s inscrutability : POKERFACE
18-down – Republic’s state-reared antelope : IRELAND
20-down – Portending a month by the river : AUGURAL
21-down – Officer reserving right to become barber : CROPPER
22-down – Consider the overdrawn fish : REGARD
25-down – Submission to topless toffs : ENTRY
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.