This crossword No. 22643 clues and answers were published on Sat 05 Oct 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22643 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – 18 what will 11 the Queen : PESTER
4-across – 18 forward, somewhat of the city : PERTURB
9-across – Break in time: 18 4ac when detailed : INTERRUPT
10-across – 18 inverted arrangement : UPSET
11-across – 18 doesn’t start the public address system : ANNOY
12-across – Poem with limited access to point over 18 : EPICENTRE
13-across – Away from the kerb is 24-26 : OFFSIDE
15-across – 18 for theologian embraced by drug carrier : MUDDLE
17-across – Tick for direct 18 : CREDIT
19-across – Elizabeth eats fish as well : BESIDES
22-across – Starch stirred twa or three times : ARROWROOT
24-across – Guardian’s about to make its way over ecstasy, which is unacceptable : OUTOF
26-across – See 24 : ORDER
27-across – A fen in 18 during creature’s celebration : BEANFEAST
28-across – Prophetic gift reported by Saga : FORSYTE
29-across – Volunteers left in heaven had literary company : STALKY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – My friend from Panama is an ordinary : PAISANO
2-down – 18 maker took a pew and a pole : SATAN
3-down – Helicopter reportedly wouldn’t start, which was a lark : EARLYBIRD
4-down – 200-year-old political creed had Florentine picture palace’s number : PITTISM
5-down – Wake up running through York : ROUSE
6-down – Not a colony to be 18-ed : UNSETTLED
7-down – Fly female 18 : BOTHER
8-down – Unusual demand to investigate as before : QUAERE
14-down – Turf out artist and colour up pelt-monger : FURTRADER
16-down – 18 makes hell sweet : DISCOMFIT
18-down – The French minstrel’s half on top of the problem : TROUBLE
19-down – Give away money staked on fish : BETRAY
20-down – Musically lower than your first – about forte – should be safe for children : SOFTTOY
21-down – Don’t hedge! : LAYOFF
23-down – 18 has a line each way : WORRY
25-down – Be losing the way : TRAIL
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.