This crossword No. 22691 clues and answers were published on Sat 30 Nov 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22691 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Resistance leader put gallon into family car, minutes before coppers arrived! : KINGCARACTACUS
9-across – Legends of Barham’s body sling manoeuvres : INGOLDSBY
10-across – Malaysian state banning telecom operators from Sunday : SABAH
11-across – See 8 : HAREM
12-across – Some tack, lead and play for time : HEADSTALL
13-across – Like 1 across, she resisted a gamble in fine feathers : BOADICEA
14-across – Stayed in the arms of Morpheus, enfolding Psyche : ABIDED
17-across – A dog? According to him it is! : COCKER
19-across – English and American cities adopt secure backing of union : ALLIANCE
22-across – How one competes with lousy mule spinning : EMULOUSLY
24-across – Tommy’s done for, Bonaparte’s half-cut: nothing for it! : NAPOO
25-across – Just sober chamber ensemble? : OCTET
26-across – Panic on isthmus, some worshipper abjuring images : ANICONIST
27-across – Postwar regulars get fat, unfortunately : AFTERASTRUGGLE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Surcingle, say, with arms? : KNIGHTBACHELOR
2-down – Land of song, say, in uprising : NIGERIA
3-down – Heart of glum reaper, going out with pantomime dame : COLUMBINE
4-down – The poet’s sanguine horse, due for grooming : ROSEHUED
5-down – Conservative yes-man representing these islands : CAYMAN
6-down – A rider is below the apogee for one : APSIS
7-down – You, say, lead attack on lecture : UPBRAID
8-down – Odalisques from The Dames’ Outing : THELADIESOFTHE
15-down – No rabbi cooked game for this Irish icon : BRIANBORU
16-down – John Peel’s portfolio? Or the folio? : PLAYLIST
18-down – See 8 : COURTOF
20-down – How kippers are caught? : NAPPING
21-down – Capital! When mother ran off with knight : ASMARA
23-down – See 8 : OFTHE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.