This crossword No. 23663 clues and answers were published on Sat 14 Jan 2006 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23663 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – It’s hard to hit aggressive person carrying empty syringe with drug : BULLSEYE
9-across – Horrid village in Hertfordshire : NASTY
10-across – Gawp in Northumberland : OGLE
11-across – Artist claiming newspaper and book fabrications : HALFTRUTHS
12-across – Former England football manager bearing critical assessment : REVIEW
14-across – Making comeback, shoot to get point in game : NINEPINS
15-across – Record one knock : EPITAPH
17-across – Entrance each way obstructs vindictive woman : BEWITCH
20-across – Happy to see first of crooks put before a heartless judge : CAREFREE
22-across – Moose head the wrong way round in North Lanarkshire : BONKLE
23-across – Wide region cultivated used to be virtually for Alsace farmer : WINEGROWER
24-across – Hops associated with a place in Devon … : BEER
25-across – … and this one in Nottinghamshire : BUNNY
26-across – Gas followed by a gas endlessly in babies : NEONATAL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Man in hole under brown, smelly pile : DUNGHEAP
2-down – The sky may be low : BLUE
3-down – North Yorkshire village formerly covered by broadcast : SEXHOW
4-down – Mix contains article from Madrid in Worcestershire : BELLEND
5-down – Popular opinion, for example : INSTANCE
6-down – Theory attaching potassium compound to nitrogen : ASSUMPTION
7-down – Crusher, however, disembowelled in ring, shortly : PYTHON
13-down – See 22 : INTHEBEANS
16-down – Paints left above 24 downs : PORTRAYS
18-down – What may have contained Frenchman going the wrong way? : CULDESAC
19-down – The Guardian given nasal tone in East Riding village : WETWANG
21-down – A novel smell, widespread : AKIMBO
22-down – Leicestershire village, Hari Dickcots? : BARTON
24-down – Smile offering support : BEAM
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.