This crossword No. 22923 clues and answers were published on Sat 30 Aug 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22923 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – S, M, H, D, M, Y & X : TIMES
4-across – What might preserve queue, though not at the back : FORMALIN
8-across – Kiiiiiiiin : EXTENDEDFAMILY
10-across – A drink during a poem is a drink to whet the appetite : APERITIF
11-across – Magistrate’s temperature taken in capital city : AMTMAN
12-across – 1 across’s produced on this, a replacement for the 100 metres dash? : NEWSPRINT
15-across – Sanctions wielded by committee thus? : TEETH
17-across – Confirmed: five climbing plants : VITIS
18-across – Carved replica? I’m depending on experiment : EMPIRICAL
19-across – No-one, initially, should love : NOUGHT
21-across – The ultimate in the second dimension to have to expel : SENDDOWN
24-across – The other enquiry into the welfare of the main generator : HOWSYOURFATHER
25-across – Minor alteration to tents in street is most excessive : STEEPEST
26-across – Stage for cutting article : APRON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Unique State Opening? : THEMAINEVENT
2-down – Basic intelligence is an item other witnesses demonstrate : MOTHERWIT
3-down – Ulster tabloid running over branch of 7 : SUNNI
4-down – Arrangements for work leave fellow with a fruit dressing : FLEXITIME
5-down – Sandpiper’s required, especially if you’re listening to a Cockney : RUFF
6-down – My old university degrees change outwardly : ALMAMATER
7-down – One’s got to beat religion : ISLAM
9-down – Doing the marathon eventually : INTHELONGRUN
13-down – Immediate claim that’s unusual to put in : POSTHASTE
14-down – Classified widow’s right to detect rising : TOPSECRET
16-down – Twice he engages actor, swinging both ways : EACHOTHER
20-down – Vessel wobbling about : UBOAT
22-down – Theatre production sign poster’s written up about : DRAMA
23-down – Region the equivalent of the 26th one? : ZONE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.