This crossword No. 21969 clues and answers were published on Sat 05 Aug 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 21969 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Sound of the dying provides amusement for the newborn : RATTLE
4-across – Industrial waste produced mainly by the well off : EFFLUENT
9-across – Surmise that theatre cat will accept quarters : GUESS
10-across – Concerning plants restored to Caliban : BOTANICAL
11-across – Head waves to young travellers resting in dog den : CURLYHAIR
12-across – Goody would be Biblical baddy : HEROD
13-across – Conversely, no work emphasised means of finishing meal : DESSERTSPOON
17-across – Grey 7, or assortment from the corner shop : GROCERYSTORE
20-across – Included a cat going round the pole : AMONG
21-across – Check back on street for oriental in German viticultural town : NIERSTEIN
23-across – Wanting to sleep during the approach to Southampton? A thousand times no! : SOMNOLENT
24-across – During party, a non-drinker has the same again : DITTO
25-across – Leech and Peel having a sit-in : PARASITE
26-across – Partition makes headless giant internally sick : GRILLE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Two soldiers rolling dice with Cromwell, for instance : REGICIDE
2-down – Speculate: put extra money under the Ring : THEORISE
3-down – Film director may mislay young principal : LOSEY
5-down – Tense Utopian? : FUTUREPERFECT
6-down – Shun clone cooked for meals : LUNCHEONS
7-down – Chaperone : ESCORT
8-down – Also came first in Spanish city : TOLEDO
10-down – Talent show? : BEAUTYCONTEST
14-down – Outrageous example: 51 lost from among the faithful : EGREGIOUS
15-down – Anticipate being curtailed with regard to woodland : FORESTAL
16-down – Skinny chap could be an east European : BEANPOLE
18-down – Tom has risen? What sauce! : CATSUP
19-down – Active type brings servicemen in the window : DORMER
22-down – Bit of froth or sweat : SUDOR
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.