This crossword No. 21754 clues and answers were published on Sat 27 Nov 1999 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 21754 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Puts one’s hands together audibly to applaud : PRAISE
4-across – Charges a charge, say? : ATTACKS
9-across – Order more stout and that’s the limit : OUTERMOST
10-across – Artist to eat … : MUNCH
11-across – … another for breakfast? : BACON
12-across – Artist can drink rum tot : CANALETTO
13-across – Artist not entirely devout, being without godhead : HOLBEIN
15-across – With hands on hips, king in the end gets the whiff of armpits : AKIMBO
17-across – Artist’s advice to angler having caught a minnow? : TISSOT
19-across – Bone in spuds in shreds : TATTERS
22-across – Not immediately after the alarm was raised? : OVERSLEPT
24-across – Two from the centre: if eleven were ten would broadcast : RADII
26-across – Artist needs reclining model to draw off : KLIMT
27-across – Cad wears glasses or is disguised for religious works : ORATORIOS
28-across – Artist’s marbles missing in some records : ELGRECO
29-across – Artist forged art? Sue! : SEURAT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Bear bleating sound from pompous official : POOHBAH
2-down – Athenian upper chamber : ATTIC
3-down – Aliens by the way, eleven in Glasgow : STRANGERS
4-down – One feels number getting squeezed by girl : ANTENNA
5-down – Tiger : TAMIL
6-down – Artist’s Boy in Blue? : CONSTABLE
7-down – ‘s not warm, we hear, for many fish : SCHOOL
8-down – Bird moving out with Billy? : TOUCAN
14-down – Girl with tie on loosely hanging about : LOITERING
16-down – Put one’s oar in and take one’s tripe out : INTERPOSE
18-down – Artist to draw game : TIEPOLO
19-down – Artist’s Colossus I framed : TITIAN
20-down – Shows contempt for its past performance : SPITSAT
21-down – Piece that is for a beginner : ROOKIE
23-down – French composer’s irony’s not right : SATIE
25-down – With going more firm, jockey’s heart goes to his head : DRIER
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.