This crossword No. 23951 clues and answers were published on Sat 16 Dec 2006 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23951 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Soft and undemanding quandary : PLIGHT
5-across – Cook’s equipment, say, starts to get swamped by vermin : EGGSLICE
9-across – Haggard’s permitted token of defiance : GAUNTLET
10-across – Goat’s new in the marketplace : ANGORA
11-across – Throwaway line in dim but erotic performance : OBITERDICTUM
13-across – Country left hanging after election? : CHAD
14-across – Sign of arousal that doesn’t begin to receive a response : REACTION
17-across – Way to spur on fish : STURGEON
18-across – Born on brink of glitch : BLIP
20-across – Sound of brewing economic disaster dogs astronomer : HUBBLEBUBBLE
23-across – Rescinded slapper’s A levels : STRATA
24-across – Shed put off being a sinner? : IDOLATER
25-across – Boy competed impressively — but he was eclipsed by his sisters : BRANWELL
26-across – Fuel ceases to function on railroad : DIESEL
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Man’s armour is returned : LIAM
3-down – Wrong dupe blown up by it? : GUNPOWDER
4-down – Lofty is a master of polyphony : TALLIS
5-down – Willingly undertaking to bend ear and reel punter in : ENTREPRENEURIAL
6-down – Foster parent squashed iguana crossing road : GUARDIAN
7-down – Straight thinking required of soldier during Passover : LOGIC
8-down – Abundance of grain about to replace model in ideal world : CORNUCOPIA
12-down – Athlete’s spinning top penetrates part of camera : SHOTPUTTER
15-down – It goes on board with Muse endlessly holding Western Isle up : TABLEWARE
16-down – Influence going to the head of Lady Edna? : LEVERAGE
19-down – Having gone out with a lady from New York : ABROAD
21-down – Reported magician’s skin ailment : BLAIN
22-down – Does it determine the predilection of Bishop Robinson? : GENE
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.