This crossword No. 23568 clues and answers were published on Sat 24 Sep 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23568 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Clue far from prudent : CAREFUL
5-across – 6 in proceedings amounting to very little : TRIVIAL
9-across – Ruler used by police as a measuring device : METER
10-across – Cut across plants with shock treatment : INTERSECT
11-across – Grace not rejected up north : DARLINGTON
12-across – Disheartened waiter takes it for what’s to be served : WRIT
14-across – Flag of convenience, third class : BOGSTANDARD
18-across – A tip – the cure may be what it claims to be : THERAPEUTIC
21-across – Teachers on the point of becoming heads? : NUTS
22-across – Outpouring of hogwash soiled pigs : IDLEGOSSIP
25-across – Present a tale about Hebridean town : STORNOWAY
26-across – Princely title from Spain found in the western part of America : AMEER
27-across – Pot thrower : PITCHER
28-across – Singer formerly relied on it for power : TREADLE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Blackhead’s pressing invitation : COMEDO
2-down – Club Bremner entertained expressed gratitude : ROTARY
3-down – Dane’s successor in favour of one currency, another being short : FORTINBRAS
4-down – Situated for leasing : LYING
5-down – Knock-for-knock cover? : TITFORTAT
6-down – Pillbox made of iron : INRO
7-down – C. Rice unfortunately gives me a shiver of cold comfort : ICECREAM
8-down – Tolerance given to election spiel from leader? : LATITUDE
13-down – State of old relation? : ANECDOTAGE
15-down – Welsh leader of advance into peninsula : GLENDOWER
16-down – Rises to pay for a drink : STANDSUP
17-down – Communist worker previously ate nothing but vegetable : BEETROOT
19-down – Port doesn’t ferment : OSTEND
20-down – Having no children to stimulate growth : SPURGE
23-down – Scout’s counterpart kept by alien in foreign country : EGYPT
24-down – Length of sermon in church : INCH
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.