This crossword No. 21927 clues and answers were published on Sat 17 Jun 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 21927 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – A row, or arrow? : QUARREL
5-across – 21’s likely successor to both 15 and 16 across : JOHNSON
9-across – Ordinal’s burden has no beginning, that is, and article no end : EIGHTIETH
10-across – Charge for cheque, a quarter : GIRON
11-across – See 21 : RUBY
12-across – Causing offence where Liberal Democrats stand? : JAYWALKING
14-across – He conditioned dogs to slaver, seeing endless dessert : PAVLOV
15-across – Continental Inn? : LINCOLN
16-across – Surprisingly, deny previous knowledge of a fiddler? : KENNEDY
18-across – Affairs settled way back : EVENTS
20-across – Reserves regular publication in advance with these payments? : ANNUALSUBS
21-across – He 23 4 with two stones : JACK
24-across – Model in spirit is kind of a dish : PETRI
25-across – Old drug dealer short of a line, bringing back perfect cups of mushrooms : APOTHECIA
26-across – Redwood inwardly was broody : REPINED
27-across – Caps forsook rhymes with maps for book : HATLESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Queen swops Pole for her partner, giddy and odd : QUEER
2-down – Figures characterised by a broken leg needing support : ALGEBRA
3-down – Sun rises, dammit! : RATS
4-down – Ever associated with Dallas, ye who : LEEHARVEYOSWALD
5-down – In small American room, at play, it’s bloke who 23 15 : JOHNWILKESBOOTH
6-down – Scot’s up for a pound and a sovereign : HIGHLANDER
7-down – Mute, thus stifling the alternative, a lot of noise : SORDINO
8-down – Figure egg drink soon will come up : NONAGON
13-down – 1 across doesn’t involve Conservative for a change : ALTERATION
16-down – The head, we hear, is chipper : KNAPPER
17-down – Constant nightmare’s beginning on the way to work : NONSTOP
19-down – Some money borrowed, then car may be repaired : TRANCHE
22-down – Takes off with poet : KEATS
23-down – Crack and snap : SHOT
This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.