This crossword No. 23615 clues and answers were published on Fri 18 Nov 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23615 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – King in haste arranged interview as option in 10 1 down : ASKTHEAUDIENCE
8-across – Best if you cut to me? : IDEAL
9-across – Bigmouth returned some very sad clothing : BRAGGART
11-across – Fail due to wrong turn from Toulouse : LOSEOUT
12-across – Passed, not by bypass : THROUGH
13-across – Imperial cat? : OUNCE
15-across – Executed agitator keeping revolutionary Western idol : SACREDCOW
17-across – Inclination in a batsman from Trinidad to Spanish Town : ALCANTARA
20-across – Brilliance of Martin on stage : SHEEN
21-across – The essence of good humour at a Fianna Fail rally : RATAFIA
23-across – Precise form of culinary instructions : RECIPES
25-across – Adolescent predilection for veal? : CALFLOVE
26-across – Fatal blow squashing trifle coming from the East, as Bush would have it : KYOTO
27-across – She was Fanny, with her last success in former scale only : LADYWINDERMERE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 10 : AMILLIONAIRE
2-down – Strong points for which there’s no return : KEEPS
3-down – Think to follow greeting at the end of a month : HALLOWEEN
4-down – I leave note in plane to provide shrub : ARBUTUS
5-down – Wine prescribed by physician, more or less extreme : DRASTIC
6-down – Large variation produced enigma : ELGAR
7-down – Stone from eruption : CARBUNCLE
10-down – How workers in two shifts smile crookedly at one on river quiz : WHOWANTSTOBE
14-down – Inaction is bad for a plant : NICOTIANA
16-down – Eliot’s village – his first – the third kept by a fireman : EASTCOKER
18-down – Beethoven’s seventh key, first from the greater : AMAJORI
19-down – See 24 : AFRIEND
22-down – L is half an option in 10 1 : FIFTY
24-down – Heap of dinner prepared as an option in 10 1 : PHONE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.