This crossword No. 23973 clues and answers were published on Sat 13 Jan 2007 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 23973 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Boasted about grub missing last crop : CREWCUT
5-across – Rural spelling bee, you see? Oh ‘ell, I see! : BUCOLIC
9-across – Fleeced Irishman in Blarney? : SHORN
10-across – Quango is so badly cut with needle : UNELECTED
11-across – Only line omitted by Guardian’s second old president? Get outta here! : ONYOURBIKE
12-across – Produce held back by nail guns : UGLI
14-across – Evil one quits wife-beating? : MALEVOLENCE
18-across – Bear’s face : COUNTENANCE
21-across – Compound soulless LP : ALUM
22-across – Bill enacted by this statesman : ROBERTPEEL
25-across – Inability to move capital stopped by a sly transfer : PARALYSIS
26-across – Two letters delivered in county : ESSEX
27-across – Duet sees review that evens out merit : DESERVE
28-across – A garden location comes in to spoil the antithesis of hippy philosophy : MAKEWAR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – New scout master’s convention : CUSTOM
2-down – Titular person’s upset by setter’s emphatic refusal : EPONYM
3-down – More than able to finish off with sex : CONSUMMATE
4-down – Yes, it’s up – no, it’s down! : THUMB
5-down – What the Parisian does to 11 to be square : BREAKEVEN
6-down – Grind nut as wanted : CHEW
7-down – Dating doesn’t start ’til after work for one in suit : LITIGANT
8-down – One helping to control fish where they”re mostly coarse : CODRIVER
13-down – Indecent to flash by running stream without pausing : BLUESTREAK
15-down – Crustacean could be gelatinous without one : LANGOUSTE
16-down – Put up a fight when dumped : SCRAPPED
17-down – Whisper about USSR capturing American city once : SUSURRUS
19-down – Now and then spot this in the playground : SEESAW
20-down – Anger consumes team lifted by tonic : ELIXIR
23-down – Where to keep so many pens? : EPSOM
24-down – Slight indistinction of speech : SLUR
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.