This crossword No. 21885 clues and answers were published on Sat 29 Apr 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 21885 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Union leader comes in to bless deck : BEAUTIFY
5-across – Group to be followed by UEU : SESTET
9-across – Become familiar with single race area without high king at present : GETTOKNOW
11-across – See 3 : HARDY
12-across – 3 11’s place for sugar with game : CASTERBRIDGE
15-across – A lot of policemen take drugs : ACID
16-across – One of 3 11’s people, funny old article seen in amazement : WOODLANDER
18-across – Cross-fertilise, perhaps – try near rim? : INTERMARRY
19-across – Illness reported – I must let some air in : FLUE
21-across – Damage coin that’s damaged at base by an arithmetical concept : HARMONICMEAN
24-across – Musical from 27 25 : EVITA
25-across – See 27 : THENATIVE
26-across – They are held by 5 with one change in polarity : TENETS
27-across – 3 11’s made a profit frequently with female, a model I have cut : RETURNOF
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A terror on the golf course was Humphrey, so I’ve heard : BOGY
2-down – Shaw said to be a culture vulture? : ARTY
3-down – He wrote, after his time, about some hot potato : THOMAS
4-down – Designer for use at work at a table : FUNCTIONALIST
6-down – Celestial quarter where duck swallows lady : ETHEREAL
7-down – Sailor, one to cheat and lie : TARADIDDLE
8-down – Playing by ear during attempts with soft fruit : TAYBERRIES
10-down – The very first performance of the Emperor, Wilder version : WORLDPREMIERE
13-down – Veto on one, with the monarch intervening, sent into exile : BANISHMENT
14-down – Biased account supplied by idiots to Royal Navy : DISTORTION
17-down – Old sailor in a groove has a drink – upset inside : ARGONAUT
20-down – Dome scene, 10 with a commercial turn : XANADU
22-down – One with pride at being a celebrity : LION
23-down – Joint complaint? : BEEF
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.