This crossword No. 21987 clues and answers were published on Sat 26 Aug 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 21987 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Epic drama unfolding in the ambulance : PARAMEDIC
6-across – District Attorney’s inside – you didn?t have to work that out! : DATUM
9-across – Beast : WOLFGANGAMADEUS
10-across – : DOME
11-across – Slope has troubles in the skin : HILLSIDE
14-across – Magnificent bird competed for in America : SUPERBOWL
15-across – : GEOFF
16-across – Give local authority financial freedom to take up new cases internally : UNCAP
18-across – Funny thing changing 9’s beast for 14’s bird : NIGHTFOWL
20-across – Risk Ofsted’s wrath – poor view for everyone : MISTEACH
21-across – : ADIT
25-across – Mrs Malaprop’s admission of little boy taking fruit to grown-ups, in a way : SOFTIMPEACHMENT
26-across – No chance of not finding some cleric in church : CINCH
27-across – German dance by beloved girl put in Suffolk river : ALLEMANDE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Handled with harassment? Ma could be the object : PAWED
2-down – Fish and bread for cleaner : ROLLMOP
3-down – : MAGI
4-down – : DONG
5-down – Study of head shapes requires cooling ray : CRANIOLOGY
6-down – Post-mortem on lungs or bull’s-eyes : DEADLIGHTS
7-down – Italian town with fountains and nothing more? : TREVISO
8-down – Brooking no opposition, roughly handle return of worries at heart : MASTERFUL
12-down – Stumble and fall like a tourist : TRIPPERISH
13-down – Sign of abundance from damaged urn held by clown and Italian girl : CORNUCOPIA
14-down – Note classical tree I see when I hear the blues with qualifications : SOULMUSIC
17-down – : COSIFAN
19-down – Love would be an informal mode of address : OLDBEAN
22-down – See 17 : TUTTE
23-down – : RAIL
24-down – : THEM
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.