This crossword No. 23693 clues and answers were published on Sat 18 Feb 2006 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23693 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Look back at one motoring round island in 15 : OLDMANRIVER
9-across – See 19 : ROBESON
10-across – Cane from strait with no mummy, say? : MALACCA
11-across – Former system of criminal identification left in move to Berlin : BERTILLON
12-across – The one day commercial : MONAD
13-across – 19 said to get tedious : PALL
14-across – Cowberry provides notion about 1 and 5 in 9 : IDAEANVINE
16-across – Water the garden and ladder your stocking : RUNTHEHOSE
19-across – 1 across’s singer’s friend’s about turn when ceremonially dressed : PAUL
21-across – Cry of animal going to farrow – and then some : MIAOW
22-across – Religious supporter of crown without king : MONACHIST
24-across – Enter upon prescribed piece of verse : SETFOOT
25-across – Unimportant individual opposed to entering test : TRIVIAL
26-across – Trouble in store: reproduce eye test : RETINOSCOPY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Satirical cartoonist with rose baronet turned to red one : OSBERTLANCASTER
2-down – Indian politician made sailor part : DESAI
3-down – Girl on cover is a worm : ANNELID
4-down – Catholic establishment? That’s novel : ROMANCE
5-down – Victorious day with thin layer of sheaths on plants : VELAMINA
6-down – Promise of successful match, as when treating bicycle with train oil : RECONCILABILITY
7-down – Dinner is served, as pigs with truffles : GRUBUP
8-down – Mutiny in the west at mini-palatial court created by 1 down : MAUDIE
15-down – Musical for two, bosh with a difference : SHOWBOAT
16-down – At fault about girl : REMISS
17-down – See 8 : HAMPTON
18-down – Mass piece cut off, without going without : SANCTUS
20-down – See 8 : LITTLE
23-down – Atmosphere in business capital : CAIRO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.