This crossword No. 23532 clues and answers were published on Sat 13 Aug 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23532 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Listener and : EARTHWIRE
10-across – Old people arrested by police – nicked! : ICENI
11-across – 21 down’s upper chamber given chop, accepted by ethical sort of lord : THECALL
12-across – Get gold switches supplied with wooden fasteners : TOGGLED
13-across – See 11 : OFTHE
14-across – Aristotle gets black eye restraining prisoner : SHIPOWNER
16-across – 7’s food taken back, carried by English during appointment after breakfast, perhaps : BRANDENBURGGATE
19-across – Remove drain endlessly taking cow dung into river : EXTIRPATE
21-across – Immature thing, 5, cradled by cricketer : LARVA
22-across – Little money left to invest in expression of derision : HAPORTH
23-across – Tongue gets injection with iodine after joke : PUNJABI
24-across – Article written after short play : DRAMA
25-across – Disastrous reactions to drug : NARCOTISE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Visibly in agony showing talent with large drink : BENTDOUBLE
2-down – Drink driving to here from here, we hear? : GREENTEA
3-down – Grammatical construction comes apart at the seams, they say : PHRASE
4-down – Shakespeare’s last words? : WILL
5-down – Fast spinner’s cute finger work : CENTRIFUGE
6-down – Film game with thousands instead of pennies : KINGKONG
7-down – Capital finds nothing given up after end of four months : BERLIN
8-down – See 11 : WILD
14-down – With us, night ban ludicrous, as this would be impossible! : SUNBATHING
15-down – Looked over again, seeing former dictator in grass : REEXAMINED
17-down – Nearly desperate, walked round a country way : DIRTROAD
18-down – Sea air raised temperature separating acid compound : ADRIATIC
20-down – 7’s river rises in this? Quite the opposite : TOPHAT
21-down – Capital putting lake above river : LONDON
22-down – 21 down’s suddenly murderous character to take on the traffic wardens? : HYDE
23-down – See 22 : PARK
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.