This crossword No. 22261 clues and answers were published on Sat 14 Jul 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22261 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Playing a scene : SENECA
4-across – Woman delivered article : SHERIDAN
9-across – Arrest development : SARTRE
10-across – Arrest mate : STOPPARD
11-across – Stream I abandoned to Liberal leader is shiny and true : BURNISHEDSTEEL
13-across – Gambler comes second to embezzler : SPECULATOR
14-across – See 5 : BELT
16-across – Back-up for mother cat : PUMA
18-across – Exploit useful plant and journalist will produce a comforting lie : FEATHERBED
21-across – After unsteady plod, could be sole hope for me! : OLDPEOPLESHOME
23-across – Sailor who sounds a sweetheart without the commercials : LEADSMAN
24-across – Flowers for BBC man : WREATH
25-across – Second fridge? : SCHILLER
26-across – Give all you can before painful cry : BESTOW
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Moderate appeal for love : SOSO
2-down – Manage climb with some adventurers to rear : NURTURE
3-down – Abrasive stuff, almost excessive in the case of a crocus : CORUNDUM
5-down – Unfair attack on The Hobbit: we tell author : HITBELOWTHE
6-down – Find a different attitude for the rest : REPOSE
7-down – Block on boat – HMS Pinafore? Can’t take a quick look : DEADEYE
8-down – Dual arrangement among the famous, with little round lumps : NODULATED
12-down – Fish on harpoon in the Home Counties : SHAKESPEARE
13-down – Fish’s swallowed minced chop : SOPHOCLES
15-down – Concerning accusation – something to do with battery? : RECHARGE
17-down – Rain-affected event gives Georgian city a bad name : MUDBATH
19-down – Insincere self-praise, with or without doctor : BOMBAST
20-down – Craft holder : VESSEL
22-down – Washout : SHAW
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.