This crossword No. 23616 clues and answers were published on Sat 19 Nov 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23616 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – No retiree is bothered to try to stick to the course : ORIENTEER
10-across – 2’s champion without league : BLACK
11-across – Talk about when to get prose narratives : SAGAS
12-across – Not taking turns suddenly? : ALLATONCE
13-across – Novelist reportedly to draw up 2 : WARWICK
14-across – Paper around light 2 : GARLAND
17-across – 2’s double embracing ace : TWAIN
19-across – 2 helps make possible evolution : LEE
20-across – In a lather about yellow smalls displayed under skimpy tops : SUDSY
21-across – 2’s one-off grand opera in religious setting : HOLIDAY
22-across – Hampshire’s opener Chuck out just after getting 2 : HOUSTON
24-across – Support for musicians group meets resistance : BANDSTAND
26-across – 2’s female shortage : FLACK
28-across – 2’s mishit shot one dropped : SMITH
29-across – Just after that mobile phone? True : THEREUPON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – 2’s angry, blowing top : ROSS
2-down – One who owns indicator with switched centre section : SINGER
3-down – Dig Susanne’s transformation : UNASSIGNED
4-down – US city novel, the saviour of many a couple? : NEWARK
5-down – Rock group ELO before chorus comes in : PROLOGUE
6-down – Touch up instrument : ABUT
7-down – Gets one unconscious? Denied! : GAINSAID
8-down – A temporary refuge for Charlie, the broadcaster on E : SKYE
13-down – One who curses in the company of outside caterers at first : WITCH
15-down – ER, in cryptic clue terms, prepared for a new deal? : RESHUFFLED
16-down – Senior member of group of twelve, last being replaced by last but one : DOYEN
18-down – Fantastic place down under – moving in at last : ATLANTIS
19-down – To engage in demolition is unprofessional and uncultivated : LAYWASTE
22-down – Builders’ labourers, having shortened house, mend cracks : HODMEN
23-down – Full of hidden dangers, having a big mouth? : TRAPPY
24-down – 2’s right out of cleaner : BUSH
25-down – Area of London : SOHO
27-down – 2 dashed off among the top performers : KING
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.