This crossword No. 21921 clues and answers were published on Sat 10 Jun 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 21921 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Initial payment bound to include bribe in return : DEPOSIT
5-across – Rub up, if given brush-off : FURBISH
9-across – Isle of Gold first formed in copper : CORFU
10-across – Covering prolific corres-pondent in train crash : TARPAULIN
11-across – Interlaces components, as bureaucracy may? : CENTRALISE
12-across – Flower of Conrad’s Heart read backwards : ARNO
14-across – Unfortunate outcome is about to disrupt the union : MISCARRIAGE
18-across – Posh officer has lots of pasta and in French is extremely colourful : ULTRAVIOLET
21-across – Fun with bird : LARK
22-across – Encourage return into town, pursuing stench of cant : HUMBUGGERY
25-across – Columns put a stop to new dean : COLONNADE
26-across – Turn back the clock for reference : REMIT
27-across – Being to wash and take into service : ENSLAVE
28-across – Belgian artist back about one with consonant transposer : SPOONER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Boil for two months : DECOCT
2-down – Reduce books in relation : PARENT
3-down – Group sharing ‘usband complain about hearty dish : SQUAREMEAL
4-down – Everything in Plato turned round : TOTAL
5-down – Anticipate a lot of trees – 4? : FORESTALL
6-down – Be rewarded with dialectal river in posh accent : REAP
7-down – Bad reversal of northern light for Orsino and Olivia, say : ILLYRIAN
8-down – Remnant to be suspended round middle of range : HANGOVER
13-down – Actress : GRETAGARBO
15-down – Pretend to keep time and get going : STIMULATE
16-down – Turn up prompt : CURLICUE
17-down – Surprises model kept in dark, mostly : STARTLES
19-down – Article on origin of language : GERMAN
20-down – Storey designed with delicacy : OYSTER
23-down – Approve of the second-rate and inferior : BLESS
24-down – Victim in Cortez’s adventure, initially : INCA
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.