This crossword No. 22953 clues and answers were published on Sat 04 Oct 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22953 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – In the main, worms knocked back single drink : PALOLOS
5-across – Name withheld from rough comedian : GAGSTER
9-across – A musical 12 felt one’s collar : ELTON
10-across – Nigel’s fantastic club in Los Angeles : INGLEWOOD
11-across – Pirate getting to follow a socialite down under : SILVERTAIL
12-across – See 21 : JOHN
14-across – Floor makes an accusation; heard leaks in the paper : DECKLEEDGES
18-across – Where, in Paris, victory secured existence for the boundless Proust, bearing potential fruits : OVULIFEROUS
21-across – This mineral’s down the toilet : BLUE
22-across – A legal 12 goes after Harris, capturing united Germany for theirtheologian : RUDOLFOTTO
25-across – A Dominican 12 : PATRICIAN
26-across – Entertainer Michael would be more or less for this sporting 12 : BARRY
27-across – North American girl taking cocaine thus : NASALLY
28-across – A 12 of the Church, religious leader during plague : PRESTER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Request return of record at leisure : PLEASE
2-down – A merry 12, to tell it as it isn’t : LITTLE
3-down – Idolise Len, maybe, for application to woodwork : LINSEEDOIL
4-down – A passionate 12 briefly is and isn’t : SAINT
5-down – Bill in Rome to make fruit tree go round : GUGLIELMO
6-down – An arty 12 in Cobbett’s London? : GWEN
7-down – Diligent, even if inexact : THOROUGH
8-down – Loose ends sure to cause bad manners : RUDENESS
13-down – Live with a female in animal’s home in Uncle Remus story? : BEASTFABLE
15-down – Lack of judgment? Ethnic rights wallahs, as expected, admit it : CREDULITY
16-down – Copper leg gets a grip : BOBBYPIN
17-down – Another arty 12 dealing blow to university down under? : AUGUSTUS
19-down – Adopt tactic to reduce insurgent troops bit by bit : ATTRIT
20-down – Mystery figure in the arbour is a manufacturer of missile launchers : BOWYER
23-down – Happy to have first to confess : OWNUP
24-down – Juliet poorly portrayed by an acting 4 12 : JILL
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.