This crossword No. 22553 clues and answers were published on Sat 22 Jun 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22553 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Frame for little prince and princess? : CHASSIS
5-across – Pet with the arms folded : HAMSTER
9-across – Sign lots of books : LIBRA
10-across – Mail behind taxi read the other way by Irish knight : BACKPLATE
11-across – Alchemist’s friends keep people American : PARACELSUS
12-across – Heard sound at death of little heroine? : NELL
14-across – Blunt question, but curtailed amid continuous wear and tear : ATTRIBUTION
18-across – Maker of revolver reported order on parade ground : WHEELWRIGHT
21-across – Joiner’s part of the Dream – first of Cats? : LION
22-across – Corked port once? Vicky etc won’t worry : QUEENSTOWN
25-across – Ladybird for money taking male name : GUINEAHEN
26-across – Public transport from Dover to Calais : OVERT
27-across – 24 – otherwise it’s a moment at th’ end of the play : TIMOTHY
28-across – As a producer of plays one needs one’s company : IONESCO
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A speaker in church – more likely in mosque : CALIPH
2-down – Prince with watching brief starting within : ALBERT
3-down – Fur-clad listener at church within reach of engine? : SEARCHABLE
4-down – Survey ends with large number : SYBIL
5-down – Caricatured in Punch with first cigarette, not breathing properly : HICCUPING
6-down – Chart on page associated with Caribbean saint by Benson : MAPP
7-down – Figures with some parallels – gin sounds less trouble! : TRAPEZIA
8-down – Drink from river – that’s one with gin : RIESLING
13-down – Exactly as the fair fool gets round to performing : JUSTASSOON
15-down – This is defective and more or less completely obsolete : THROUGHLY
16-down – Drunk about half the wine at the top of the list before nightfall : TWILIGHT
17-down – Two fellows mistreated in La Dolce Vita? : HEDONISM
19-down – People who draw structures that sound defective on TV : TOWERS
20-down – Now I’ll get my ball back that’s gone into net, won’t I? : ONETWO
23-down – Is this the feeling that corrupts the genuine heart? : ENNUI
24-down – The Guardian way is golden : WEST
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.