This crossword No. 21760 clues and answers were published on Sat 04 Dec 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 21760 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – 22 down was without faith in God, but converted : DOUBTING
9-across – 22 down, Welsh speaker for England : GEORGE
10-across – 22 down, poet, briefly going round and round : EDDY
11-across – 22 down Ñ you canÕt give his TLC : TANKENGINE
12-across – Growth promoter fills English church with Scottish water : CLOCHE
14-across – … which follows the said fruit, in no hurry : SLOWNESS
15-across – Scruffy nut, dishevelled without much of 19 : UNKEMPT
17-across – Mime artist among offspring could have people in transports : STATION
20-across – Enterprising affair beginning with about £1,000 : STARTREK
22-across – Six foot or so is the musical 22 down : TALLIS
23-across – See 3 : BLACKSAMBO
24-across – 22 down, the magic mountaineer : MANN
25-across – 22 down on call with maybe 20 character : BECKET
26-across – Where I saw Jeanie marinade fruit : INADREAM
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Singer gives a shilling to 22 down, poet : BOBDYLAN
2-down – Take orders for decoration before you start : OBEY
3-down – Cat bit small bloke Ñ incorrect version of incorrect story? : LITTLE
4-down – Time keeping on islands causes worry : AGONISE
5-down – Note in Beethoven overture near St Bees : EGREMONT
6-down – Sympathetic about time from oneÕs birth : CONGENITAL
7-down – Spies obtain information among old women at war : AGENTS
13-down – Food requiring checker: Ray, possibly? : CHERRYCAKE
16-down – Live-in companion for knock-up, as it is with 18 : PARASITE
18-down – Poor relation from the realms of sunrise? : ORIENTAL
19-down – 22 down, Christian writer and politician, is supporting the end of 13 : AKEMPIS
21-down – Director of course in agriculture? : TILLER
22-down – Something of a concession to MummyÕs boy : THOMAS
24-down – Another 22 down : MORE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.