This crossword No. 23759 clues and answers were published on Sat 06 May 2006 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23759 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – See 9 : ATHLETIC
9-across – Players here waiting the call, almost made it! : WIGAN
10-across – Noble utterance where 21’s 24 across ends in 9 : PIER
11-across – How to take it easy at home: work fast and play evenly : INDOLENTLY
12-across – 8 players here had left beaten, word of contemplation needed outside : OLDHAM
14-across – Indonesian holding with end of Kipling’s 24 across : MANDALAY
15-across – One dodging the issue with the East German plutocracy : OSTRICH
17-across – Conversely, what one does at the Portaloo, say, with some accuracy : PSANDQS
20-across – Jules et Jim’s Jeanne catching canine with some choice scraps : MORCEAUX
22-across – Guardian of the Guardian crossword was he? : CUSTOS
23-across – Precious muddle to sort out which twin? : TWEEDLEDUM
24-across – The ___ to 9 10 : ROAD
25-across – Pass out from colossal return of catch : LASSO
26-across – Bill one to syphon off some pollutant : ACIDRAIN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – End of short and curlies twisting bladders : UTRICLES
2-down – Slight bending of rules out East : SLUR
3-down – Rat one slaughtered with some indecision in the forecourt : ATRIUM
4-down – A Kentish rebel, me? Where’s your scholarship? : ACADEME
5-down – With a heather on board one might get fires : SWALINGS
6-down – Counsellors getting letters from young Santa : AGONYAUNTS
7-down – Old car’s force leaving bundles of nerves : ANGLIA
13-down – O, woe indeed, Gloucester! : HARDCHEESE
16-down – 8 players here with sweeper not left standing : CHARLTON
18-down – Where to now?, said Spartacus. Another epic? : QUOVADIS
19-down – Old time dancing’s beginning inside English halls : EXEDRAE
21-down – River as alternative water supply : ORWELL
22-down – Welsh fancy man, I see, losing cool : CYMRIC
24-down – Galley master’s verbal instruction repeated on ferry : RORO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.