This crossword No. 22905 clues and answers were published on Sat 09 Aug 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22905 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Don’t talk about the assembly and it will be free from problems : SMOOTH
5-across – Well bound? : SPRING
8-across – Girl coming to higher education late in the day? : COLLEEN
9-across – Funny sort … funny sort of soapbox? : ROSTRUM
11-across – British race largely in turmoil in 20 : NATIONALGALLERY
12-across – Long run winding setter before respirator appears : IRON
13-across – People undertaking vocal request for extension of the 11’s 5 across 17? : MORTICIANS
17-across – Display of scholarship? : EXHIBITION
18-across – See 12 : LUNG
20-across – Fliers find seaweed in new quarters of high admiral? : TRAFALGARSQUARE
23-across – Demand for freedom for Scottish highlands backed by calming agent : LIBRIUM
24-across – Pound, say, at 1/3 Kingsway? : IMAGIST
25-across – Queen at home to boy … : ERNEST
26-across – … otherwise called Laurence : STERNE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Flier going around, kind to one of one’s first set : MILKTOOTH
3-down – Cat in love with church group : OCELOT
4-down – Don’t go and suspend a fight : HANGABOUT
5-down – Shoot 5 across – point taken : SPRIG
6-down – Give your MP another chance, right, without upsetting Cleese : RESELECT
7-down – I feel for the keener veterans : NERVE
8-down – Drift onto shelf with little breakfast? : CONTINENTAL
10-down – Words introducing idea showing game is gutsy : MAYISUGGEST
14-down – Nickname for Mr Willetts’s twins keeping wild boar : TWOBRAINS
15-down – Mature individual’s absorbing article on flattery : ADULATION
16-down – Cad’s magical attendants setter’s found roughly making 1 : ABRASIVE
19-down – Identify English that’s just so refained : EQUATE
21-down – Traffic light on the beam – turn right : AMBER
22-down – Morning in the canal goes all the way : GAMUT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.