This crossword No. 22505 clues and answers were published on Sat 27 Apr 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22505 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Scold when coming in at minimum speed? : BASERATE
5-across – County administrators? : STAFFS
9-across – Welcome interruption by Pole to relieve embarrassment? : NICEBREAK
11-across – I’m a severe critic of religion : ISLAM
12-across – Very tiresome model in quiet island surrounded by bells : PESTILENTIAL
15-across – Top copy by 10 : APEX
16-across – Coco oil is grand treatment, contextual rather than personal : SOCIOLOGIC
18-across – Dachshund gets the treatment at a party – droop around : SAUSAGEDOG
19-across – The right size for furious reaction : AFIT
21-across – Each round number in forgery is easy : APIECEOFCAKE
24-across – I have business on an island : IBIZA
25-across – Amateur, then, with some blemishes is easy : NOPROBLEM
26-across – See 8 : ITSELF
27-across – Capitals that are small and untidy should be throttled : SCRAGGED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 20 : BANK
2-down – Fire with wine : SACK
3-down – Flexible games : RUBBER
4-down – Majority once at county? None in this puzzle? Oh yes there is! : TWENTYONEDOWN
6-down – Means of altering shape : TRIANGLE
7-down – Join the ranks, giant eating liver, etc – it’s easy : FALLINGOFF
8-down – Saint and devil allowed to fly back without breaking ties – it’s easy : SIMPLICITY
10-down – Cook’s ideal – variegated film, always changing colour : KALEIDOSCOPIC
13-down – River with aquatic mammal and tailless wader – so I was there all along! : FALSEALIBI
14-down – Certificates? I issue one shortly, if directed : SECURITIES
17-down – Comprehensive expression of disapproval about heroin : CATCHALL
20-down – How Oberon said he could raise some money? : IKNOWA
22-down – See 7 : ALOG
23-down – In the centre of some of the world’s wonders : AMID
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.