This crossword No. 22243 clues and answers were published on Sat 23 Jun 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22243 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Colour question re urge to mingle : TURQUOISEGREEN
8-across – Reservists given order to return with some craft : EBOAT
9-across – That hopeful fan of Sir Edward Elgar : SANGUINE
11-across – Thief seeing some fortune in this? : TEALEAF
12-across – City knights coming from bedclothes : BEDECKS
13-across – Nigel’s behaving oddly; could he be losing his marbles? : ELGIN
15-across – One reverses current false report about man with nothing : RHEOTROPE
17-across – Gray’s tenor doesn’t sing : NOISELESS
20-across – One taking a course might attempt to get off work : INDUS
21-across – Behan’s work hot 1 6 down? On the contrary! : HOSTAGE
23-across – Where Italians accommodate Lulu’s man without proscription – nothing! : ALBERGO
25-across – A troublesome tenant, one of those born before the event : ANTENATI
26-across – Hibernal, giddy with cold : ALGID
27-across – How long will our love last? Watch out for the gallery, Robin! : FOREVERANDADAY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Globe, perhaps, to which actors hie, thunder ”n” rotate wildly : THEATREINTHE
2-down – Wine jar smashed around 10 : RIOJA
3-down – How poker players might punt with heat and energy : UPTHEANTE
4-down – Considering chains of arraignment arresting : INSOFAR
5-down – 18! 18 the Spanish that’s good for Madame : ENNOBLE
6-down – See 1 : ROUND
7-down – Androgynous duo with refined niche development : EUNUCHOID
10-down – What Christians celebrate madly in a second, say : ASCENSIONDAY
14-down – Golden Ass, going East for one, could be on the slide : GLISSANDO
16-down – Dog food container found on the back of a lorry : TAILBOARD
18-down – Uplifted English rose wine village with European advance : ELEVATE
19-down – How long can you stay with this? : STAMINA
22-down – Tree hiding hairless old African warriors : ABELE
24-down – Unyielding soldier gaining free entry : RIGID
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.