This crossword No. 23651 clues and answers were published on Sat 31 Dec 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23651 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – See 8 : SHEWAS
4-across – See 8 : HONEST
9-across – The father of Waterloo? : ABBA
10-across – Seed spilling, see! His need disturbed the Church : DEHISCENCE
11-across – Two-man quarry : VICTIM
12-across – Morse’s menage backing code with stratagems : WALRUSES
13-across – Stardust is seen in some scanner by Protestant : CALVINIST
15-across – See 8 : MANS
16-across – Poet speaking of Psyche : OVID
17-across – Ruthless order to setter on Korean diet? : DOGEATDOG
21-across – Carter’s wit, hopeless case : WAGGONER
22-across – Wholly enthusiastic without books : INTOTO
24-across – ie sloop hut constructed for steersman’s comfort : PILOTHOUSE
25-across – See 8 : GAME
26-across – Amazon in retreat from the Old Man’s island : HOYDEN
27-across – Abraham’s tomb here in the Bronx : HEBRON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – The Severn Bore’s starting as rain falls around : SABRINA
2-down – Record turn in the lunar cycle : EPACT
3-down – Potentially bad sign for the corporation : ABDOMEN
5-down – Volatile girl one grabs in the market! : ONSALE
6-down – Agent surviving without pre-euro currency : EXECUTANT
7-down – They admit mates to the masters’ circle : TICKETS
8-down – Posh, his vice was her misfortune. That b__ song a mama’s woe? C-could be! : SHEWASPOORBUT
14-down – Liberal taken in by pointless bloody self-approbation : VAINGLORY
16-down – See 8 : OFARICH
18-down – No harm in looking through it? On the contrary! : EVILEYE
19-down – Seat raised bearing a device : OTTOMAN
20-down – Remove Oxford United? No, he’s reunited! : UNSHOE
23-down – Woods imitated at Harfleur? : TIGER
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.