This crossword No. 22267 clues and answers were published on Sat 21 Jul 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22267 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Flesh is no threat to great oils: away to sea, perhaps, with 23 4’s dictum : LIFEIS
4-across – Philosopher saying: I eat to live – thus rejecting dodgy bangers : CRATES
9-across – See 1 : SHORTTHEARTLONG
10-across – Incarnation of a sailor from the Bible : AVATAR
11-across – Carry on, James! Speak vulgarly of Addington’s subsequent Devon address : SIDMOUTH
12-across – Favourite child causing hold-up in Dahomey now : BENJAMIN
14-across – Posh Spice Girl going out with young flier : SCAURY
15-across – Beard on barley’s ear is taken out : ARISTA
18-across – New balls pitched and chronicled by Walpole : CHERRIES
21-across – Sturdy beggar taking sailor right to a Middle Eastern capital : ABRAMMAN
22-across – Like a jewel in an ____’s ear : ETHIOP
24-across – What shall assuage the ____ ? : UNFORGOTTENPAIN
25-across – It is the whole flower : ALLURE
26-across – Struggled to put recipe in the cooker : STROVE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Here the French have right of entry : LEHAVRE
2-down – Prime time beneath the trees : FIRST
3-down – Doubtful merit in a breathing space : INTERIM
5-down – Screen double on a computing system : REREDOS
6-down – Lion in setback with a primitive old croc : TELEOSAUR
7-down – East-West alliance cramped by senior politician : SENATOR
8-down – Why ground support? : REASON
13-down – 1 across ____ of 18 : JUSTABOWL
16-down – Type of locust, airborne one, not… er… deformed : ROBINIA
17-down – A jolly soldier rounding on Queen’s escort : ARMIGER
18-down – Ruler tied by his feet, say? : CANUTE
19-down – The bar in which one is happiest : ELEMENT
20-down – Pollution’s effect on the City; nothing breathed, I hear : ECOCIDE
23-down – One cheer for the river creature : HIPPO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.