This crossword No. 23729 clues and answers were published on Sat 01 Apr 2006 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23729 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Travel North to Edinburgh, Scotland, seeking work: redden with excitement finding this 24 there : THEREVEREND
9-across – English sailors clad in duck never changing : ETERNAL
10-across – Heavenly sound puts theology in lower place : THUNDER
11-across – See 1 : SKATINGON
12-across – Leave bed — it means more money : ARISE
13-across – Sound of instrument suitable for the blues? : SAXE
14-across – First time up — see if the stairs are OK? : TESTFLIGHT
16-across – Gunners surround African country unable to wait, as they say : RARINGTOGO
19-across – Anxiety for the return of liberal Tories? : STEW
21-across – Flier with explosive dip : BATHE
22-across – Passageway ahead: Reagan not having died, enter turncoat : ROOTCANAL
24-across – Sir Henry gets audience back on-stream : RAEBURN
25-across – Max gets worse, they say, rendering Samson’s weapon : JAWBONE
26-across – Argentine peeler has medal to flog : SILVERBIRCH
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Cross-border article missing from Scottish port about unknown queen’s jesters : THEMARXBROTHERS
2-down – Genuine heart afflicted by languor : ENNUI
3-down – Pastoral defect in some clergy heading off villain : ECLOGUE
4-down – Message to home number, first to last, is no longer with us : EXTINCT
5-down – Ready for school with due reform being on message : EDUCABLE
6-down – See 1 across : DUDDINGSTONLOCH
7-down – Facilis descensus Averno – keeping count? : CENSUS
8-down – Description of Abraham going to press? : URGENT
15-down – Platonic nexus scattered – turn first left : UNSEXUAL
16-down – See 1 across : ROBERT
17-down – Old comedian demolishing Centrepoint? : TERENCE
18-down – Profitable employment is just as well : GOODJOB
20-down – See 1 across : WALKER
23-down – What Burns’s mouse did to homecoming beast? Not sure : COWER
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.