This crossword No. 21849 clues and answers were published on Sat 18 Mar 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 21849 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Fail to impress and leave university; have a taste for beer at the present time – wholly in the present : GODOWNLIKEA
9-across – 54, the golden number for port : LIVORNO
10-across – Dock – to prevent wagging? : CURTAIL
11-across – Goddess wholly belonging to labouring man : HERACLEAN
12-across – Defence secretary holds French soldier and doctor after union : HONEY
13-across – See 12 : MOON
14-across – A navigable waterway, the English Channel : MANCHESTER
16-across – Fish about to drink a river – caveat emptor! : PIGINAPOKE
19-across – See 14 : SHIP
21-across – See 14 : CANAL
22-across – I am Pooh, sadly, swallowing silver and eating raw meat : OMOPHAGIA
24-across – Trouble for the listener: each are at fault : EARACHE
25-across – Expose armour – it needs a sticker : AIRMAIL
26-across – See 1 : LEADBALLOON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Leave, before Spring’s surrounded the gold with green growth, for a job in the Commonwealth : GOVERNORGENERAL
2-down – Beetle in charge of architectural style : DORIC
3-down – Aboriginal stick for testing long-range weapons : WOOMERA
4-down – Spartan in the use of words : LACONIC
5-down – King has queen to boss, being usually on hand : KERCHIEF
6-down – One acquires a following, holding the note in spite of oneself : AGAINSTTHEGRAIN
7-down – Familiar incompetent 8 near 14 : OLDHAM
8-down – Formerly at cricket, a professional musician? : PLAYER
15-down – A small boy’s acknowledgment of literary fragments : ANALECTA
16-down – Wrinkle sounds genuine : PUCKER
17-down – Saw expert cleric coming up second : PROVERB
18-down – Expert on everything orders walk on left : KNOWALL
20-down – Gates? Devastating 8 : PEARLY
23-down – Brother saying nothing to upset the chat show queen : HARPO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.