This crossword No. 21843 clues and answers were published on Sat 11 Mar 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 21843 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Explorer returns to business and leaves from the Americas : TOBACCO
8-across – One perseveres with hearts, when spades 9 : STICKER
10-across – Sharp boy asleep? : BLADED
11-across – See 23 : LONDONER
12-across – Car going south from Leeds to Belfast? : MINI
13-across – Frog-hopper secretion in bird’s nest : CUCKOOSPIT
14-across – Forsaken the Lord God? Then we finish! : THEENDOFTHE
19-across – See 23 : BECAUSEIMA
22-across – See 14 : NIGH
23-across – Cor blimey mate, noise and abuse is terrible, but I love it so in song! : MAYBEITS
24-across – Unwilling to wear church dress : CLOTHE
25-across – Unfamiliar fake gold deposited : FOREIGN
26-across – Accepted a commanding position : GENERAL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 14 : WORLDIS
2-down – Golf course offering a couple of slices? : SANDWICH
3-down – Bitter when the bill requires driving licence, for example, and one gets caught : ACIDIC
4-down – Rugby player’s interpretation of soft and loud : STANDOFF
5-down – Game without ends is over : ACROSS
6-down – Religious rebel, Eric the Unorthodox : HERETIC
9-down – Given the title and script failed, I abandoned cast : PLACEDFIRST
15-down – Nautical terms negotiated in stages : EASTINGS
16-down – Morning sickness is good in Victoria’s house : HANGOVER
17-down – Figure to spell misery without a ‘y’ : HEXAGON
18-down – Might one’s brains be scrambled? : EGGHEAD
20-down – Pedestrian author’s better without introduction : AMBLER
21-down – Robin Hood was one who won’t get Dick Whittington’s job : ARCHER
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.