This crossword No. 21748 clues and answers were published on Sat 20 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 21748 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Battles in passage a month in advance : FORWARD
5-across – Green activity with one’s 17 22, 24 14, and 16 1across : PUTTING
9-across – ‘The Wizard’, an American periodical? : MAGUS
10-across – Sign of grain on an island : CAPRICORN
11-across – Likeness is due to change with the entry of some soldiers : SIMILITUDE
12-across – Bear a slight 11 to 9? : YOGI
14-across – See 24 : TOTHEPLOUGH
18-across – American entertainer causes safe-breaker holding tiller to lose his head : ETHELMERMAN
21-across – This strain exemplifies this ology : TAUT
22-across – See 17 : TOTHEWHEEL
25-across – Girls once ‘ad dollies when upset : OLDLADIES
26-across – See 1 : MARCH
27-across – Winds enveloping the island cause many, many harsh words : TIRADES
28-across – What elephants don’t have, strangely, is a name : AMNESIA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Donêt give food to those who drink outside breakfast time? : FAMISH
2-down – Diet and exercise for the government : REGIME
3-down – I agree with you – all bets off! : ABSOLUTELY
4-down – Money put first in passage : DUCAT
5-down – Page in black and white paper? It will never happen : PIPEDREAM
6-down – Minor branch of knowledge? : TWIG
7-down – Setter by himself with some guest that is equivalent but not identical : ISOLOGUE
8-down – Hung out with model holding illustration of the battle for the West : GUNFIGHT
13-down – Highland lassie bent nail, keeping things that attract a sultanate : CLANSWOMAN
15-down – Brute is on form: he was one of Caesar’s killers : TREBONIUS
16-down – Get cracking from low down with two and a half footballers : BESTFOOT
17-down – Get cracking from higher up: ought royal child to cut a cad? : SHOULDER
19-down – Friers give a name 22 : FERRIS
20-down – Girl who helps to heal the afflicted : ALTHEA
23-down – Army needs a plant : HOSTA
24-down – Get cracking from midway, within reach : HAND
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.