This crossword No. 22403 clues and answers were published on Sat 29 Dec 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22403 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – * Parisian ready on island : FRANCIS
5-across – * Dull Laurel : DUNSTAN
9-across – City in tomahawk attack : OMAHA
10-across – Wallow in fund’s finances : BANKROLLS
11-across – Gains made with popular lines : INCREASES
12-across – It gives fools their first chance : APRIL
13-across – River maiden died going after cobras : NAIAD
15-across – Little devil mixed tinder and left his mark : IMPRINTED
18-across – Adder’s counter! : ANTIVENIN
19-across – The sound of Alfred, the poet : NOISE
21-across – * The Italian graduates first : BASIL
23-across – * The US Dada movement : THADDAEUS
25-across – Expect too much of the customer : OVERPRICE
26-across – It could be a wide gash : EXTRA
27-across – Deft server first produces aces : EXPERTS
28-across – Drunk unable to see finally the contents of aerosols : NEBULAE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – * One in the money : FLORIAN
2-down – One with no governing principle? : ANARCHIST
3-down – * A clear alternative : CLARE
4-down – * Wine poured into baked beans : SEBASTIAN
5-down – * Half-hidden island : DENIS
6-down – A bishop in country story : NARRATION
7-down – Craftsman taking a line from ploughman : TILER
8-down – Settled down like birds? : NESTLED
14-down – Builder of a dark room? : DEVELOPER
16-down – * Off on a planet : PANTALEON
17-down – Spear made with aluminium, having three prongs : TRIDENTAL
18-down – * A doctor stood up : AMBROSE
20-down – * Summon up silence : EUSTACE
22-down – Expensive soak : STEEP
23-down – Efforts made by unloved Conservatives : TRIES
24-down – Fool distillery head with small barrel : DWEEB
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.