This crossword No. 21993 clues and answers were published on Sat 02 Sep 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 21993 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – 10 observes 10 concealing drug : SIMEON
4-across – 10 Christopher heading for Africa instead of US : COLUMBA
9-across – Manage to get out of cart – it rolled into the river : EXTRICATE
10-across – He certainly isn’t a crook … : SAINT
11-across – … though he offered money 25% off to her : HELEN
12-across – Using wood around the green, was beaten for speed : OVERTAKEN
13-across – 10 and religious text going round the globe with its owner? : NORBERT
15-across – Vehicle negotiating bend, given a shock : TRAUMA
17-across – 10 asks for doctor to come again : ANDREW
19-across – Authoress involved in lanolin : WOOLFAT
22-across – Briefly making out, horse comes home lame on the inside : GLIMPSING
24-across – 10 Joe, who was rarely flawed, we hear : LOUIS
26-across – A satirist must be quick : SWIFT
27-across – Censor author about to produce something fruity : GREENGAGE
28-across – Italian man heading off to bed – non-starter, as was given the cold shoulder : IGNORED
29-across – 10 suffering 15 : MARTHA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – 10 to tread on pecker : STEPHEN
2-down – Substance of sound strength? : METAL
3-down – Find one’s way from one side of London, always following the short way : ORIENTEER
4-down – 10 is balmy : CLEMENT
5-down – Composer’s record listened to : LISZT
6-down – Something put on paper by me, a fascist leader and politician : MEINKAMPF
7-down – 10 might be sinner if married at last? : ANTONY
8-down – Compensation will be given for gentle slap you received : PAYOUT
14-down – Dress tried on in performance : RENDITION
16-down – 10 takes a vote on perfect inversion : APOLLONIA
18-down – Offered grouse, like a bird retaining height : WHINGED
19-down – Composer’s loveless charioteer : WAGNER
20-down – Mosaic depicting gods of Greece and Egypt upside-down : TESSERA
21-down – Racketeer is a legend on the way up : AGASSI
23-down – 10 to dwindle : PETER
25-down – Like the Trout Quintet at a rock concert, perhaps, piano tuna may be fishy? : UNAPT
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.