This crossword No. 23631 clues and answers were published on Wed 07 Dec 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23631 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Garbage! Le Magic Roundabout the setting for Carousel? : BAGGAGE
5-across – See 1 : RECLAIM
9-across – Avert flu bugs, eat mince, parroted this author : GUSTAVEFLAUBERT
10-across – Port launch finally provided between the Americas : HAIFA
11-across – Queen Victoria in illicit affair episode : LIVRAISON
12-across – As a good chess player I can’t fail to include a dramatic opening : TACTICIAN
14-across – Low English absorbing society creature : MOOSE
15-across – Slippery type the French led up the garden path! : ALLEE
16-across – Brutal cynic revealed in the Bard, Homer and the woman’s web pages in The Times : THERSITES
18-across – Recipe from New Orleans: play jazz by soaking in the manner of America : JAMBALAYA
21-across – One recently delivered with assistance : WHELP
22-across – The flight of the terns heard : SPIRALSTAIRCASE
23-across – Cloth adult isn’t weaving, hasn’t started yet : SATINET
24-across – Dylan’s lowland lady was looking down : SADEYED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Trousers nicked in Surrey : BAGSHOT
2-down – Tatler journalist taking a stand? : GOSSIPCOLUMNIST
3-down – Mineral said to invade a parasite : ATACAMITE
4-down – Surrey town’s Ecstasy source : EWELL
5-down – Bearing on object of contemplation elevated before the church : RELEVANCE
6-down – Sedge cutter’s harvest usually found after removing the tips : CHUFA
7-down – It puts one off psychiatry : AVERSIONTHERAPY
8-down – For such a coat for baby, mother at home accepts outside support : MATINEE
13-down – … and where was Venus when Cook sought her? : INTRANSIT
14-down – Supreme international body : MISSWORLD
15-down – Must start off in a record-player’s tunes : ADJUSTS
17-down – Mine manager a fool : SAPHEAD
19-down – Home on the range once more : AGAIN
20-down – Collect for a divine liturgy : AMASS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.