This crossword No. 23619 clues and answers were published on Wed 23 Nov 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 23619 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – See 12 : HAVENO
6-across – He shortened the lives of his subjects : AUBREY
9-across – Musical party with style : HAIRDO
10-across – The Roman city of Morecambe, accepting you, say, but not me, sadly : EBORACUM
11-across – Cut Nigel Dempster’s contribution : GELD
12-across – And ______ : DEATHSHALL
13-across – Holy man with DTs a shaky poet : DYLANTHOMAS
18-across – Sam and Dave hit their only sibling, say? : SOULSISTER
21-across – Sun King’s house once 10 : YORK
22-across – See 12 : DOMINION
23-across – Conviviality of the Gordons’ theatre : GAIETY
24-across – Evidently abstemious Pushkin hero : ONEGIN
25-across – Yes, we 5 across ____s : BANANA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Homespun, such clothing is hardly one’s Sunday best : EVERYDAY
2-down – Duty deferred Fleming’s fortune here? : INBOND
3-down – Liberal old hunt gathering circles great house : LUTONHOO
4-down – What’s on in Aqua Sulis is inspired : BREATH
5-down – Some way into a female utopia : HEAVEN
7-down – More than one thus addressed in Lehrer’s ____ and shet-ma-mouth land : YOUALL
8-down – Its advantage, first off, could be most effective : DEVASTATING
14-down – A sailor, I? O, I can climb from from the word go! : ABINITIO
15-down – The magpies left after Tay disaster: extraordinary! : ATYPICAL
16-down – Here dragons floor the war department band : KOMODO
17-down – Franklin, a noted 18? : ARETHA
19-down – Refined oil to soak up? Hang about! : LOITER
20-down – Totter under this omnium-gatherum? : RAGBAG
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.