This crossword No. 21861 clues and answers were published on Sat 01 Apr 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 21861 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Responsible writer from our point of view : WEJOHNS
5-across – One must be cracked : NUTCASE
9-across – Enigmatist sees Python regular carrying dead parrot’s insides outside : RIDDLER
10-across – Telegraph man and his politics accepted by European Union man : MARCONI
11-across – Domestic whose absenteeism is explained by nasty bender? : HOUSEMAID
12-across – A sign of fleas for Hitler, perhaps? : AITCH
13-across – Decided to do away with a desire : GREED
15-across – Distinctive feature of alien mutating with humans to get Tory leader : LINEAMENT
17-across – Promising person holding food correspondent to be a bit of a dummy : COMFORTER
19-across – Scottish pair, not great leaders, sound American : TWANG
22-across – Does wrong to conceal bend in passage : SINUS
23-across – Araucaria’s not so hot, they say: show how sad you are! : CHILEPINE
25-across – Declare proclivities inverted as a result : OUTCOME
26-across – Marine bird or beast pinned its ear back : SEAGULL
27-across – Charges about two sovereigns for tentative suggestions : FEELERS
28-across – Boy’s female relation by marriage? : STEPHEN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Abnormal growth restricting a beast : WARTHOG
2-down – I only want to touch my man, but this causes commotion in gallery! : JADOUBE
3-down – Handle cobbling together with elves? : HELVE
4-down – A little flower American left in road : STREAMLET
5-down – Might I live off berries? Yes, we have no bananas : NOMAD
6-down – Formidable woman ate Grant Mitchell’s head in a stew : TERMAGANT
7-down – Paul’s monkey puzzling lost in its bowels? : APOSTLE
8-down – Another handle needed to rotate peg about the centre : EPITHET
14-down – What does 23 across do in the autumn? Makes pastry : DROPSCONE
16-down – Being daffy, he fell for himself in the water : NARCISSUS
17-down – Shed on sale in Oxfam shop? : CASTOFF
18-down – Sea creature taken for hair-covered goddess : MANATEE
20-down – Some authors : AZIMUTH
21-down – Other men with girl means there’s trouble in the air : GREMLIN
23-down – Aristocrat losing some French game : CHESS
24-down – Delete in under a second : ERASE
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.