This crossword No. 23891 clues and answers were published on Sat 07 Oct 2006 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23891 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – A nod or a sign and, classically, our victim appears : BECKET
5-across – Notes come in to my study regarding place names : TOPONYMY
9-across – The youngster is Peg Lear’s backward daughter : TEENAGER
10-across – Hammer’s cracked element with no opposition : NEMCON
11-across – See 2 : HUMOUREDNESS
13-across – Candid writer of love letter? : OPEN
14-across – Goodbye to ex-PM’s toothless lot! : EDENTATA
17-across – By the narrowest of margins, but right : ONLYJUST
18-across – Eagle secured by Goosen, returning round : ERNE
20-across – Sweet start to seduction: naughty try to get her arm around : SHERRYTRIFLE
23-across – God’s less down : BALDER
24-across – I hope it can develop a country : ETHIOPIA
25-across – No more fleeting Franco-German cheese celebration? : BRIEFEST
26-across – First of slats almost off seat : SADDLE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Placidity, indeed – numerous Shed puzzles : EVEN
3-down – Good egg! One lays it on the line : KINGHENRY
4-down – Hobbling after cross-dressing fun with tube? : TVGAME
5-down – See 22 : TURBULENTPRIEST
6-down – Change from half of nine pence for variable glasses : PINCENEZ
7-down – See 22 : NOMAN
8-down – Atom-splitting group ‘anged the old chairman : MAOTSETUNG
12-down – Top-class drink one comes in to try – undecided : UPINTHEAIR
15-down – See 3 : THESECOND
16-down – Goods thus seen in airport shop at leisure? : DUTYFREE
19-down – See 22 : OFTHIS
21-down – See 22 : RIDME
22-down – Result of this full-blown misinterpretation – murder most foul : WILL
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.