This crossword No. 22017 clues and answers were published on Sat 30 Sep 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22017 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Reforming socialist stars in Carry On Channel Swimming? : SIDNEYJAMESWEBB
9-across – Rosebush hybridised with male figures : RHOMBUSES
10-across – Outspoken against your pub’s not opening : VOCAL
11-across – Capital of the Iberian Revolution, where Spain counts for nothing : NAIROBI
12-across – Scotsman marooned on these islands? : SOLOMON
13-across – Player missing this would be snookered? : CUE
14-across – French woman got up to speak first of this hibiscus : ROZELLE
17-across – Paradoxical pink growing bulky in the Garden of England : SKYBLUE
19-across – Such deception employment for a winter ploughman? : SNOWJOB
22-across – What Otis regrets after a count-down? : LIFTOFF
24-across – Is able to leave our Danish king with tribesman : UTE
25-across – This nudibranch is nearly all guesswork : SEASLUG
26-across – It blooms with one condition: the prophet must be held back : FREESIA
28-across – Barking? Yes – on record! : AYELP
29-across – Detailed British Airborne Division to meet superior Irish leader : BRIANBORU
30-across – Izaak Walton’s conclusion? : THEENDOFTHELINE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Thus not contracting a habit? On the contrary, one’s averse to psychiatrists : SHRINKRESISTANT
2-down – Red hot Indian’s wrapping wrap : DHOTI
3-down – Involve king in mobile confusion : EMBROIL
4-down – Shallow water frozen beneath mere : JUSTICE
5-down – Outrages a teacher without employment : MISUSES
6-down – Cabbage served around the Spanish sausage : SAVELOY
7-down – Camel oils treated scored bullfighter : ESCAMILLO
8-down – A near-confutable miscalculation for the remainder of the Greens? : BALANCEOFNATURE
15-down – Creatures hunted from Whipsnade? The heartless _____: should be in a cell! : ZOOGAMETE
16-down – John left spectacles behind : LOO
18-down – Some lack air fare from Auckland? : KAI
20-down – Resin drink consumed by ascetic Hindu : JALOPIN
21-down – Bete noire: to eavesdrop with a disapproving expression : BUGABOO
22-down – One with a newt in his collection? Livingstone, I presume? : LEFTIST
23-down – Issue raised by Banquo : FLEANCE
27-down – I hear you finish up with us: order one! : SUOMI
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.