This crossword No. 22393 clues and answers were published on Sat 15 Dec 2001 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22393 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – I’m no dreadful politician offering warning : MONITORY
9-across – Religious retreat remains for sheep : ASHRAM
10-across – Space station stops short, having turned round about a year : SKYLAB
11-across – With which people will come back into a particular society? : REBIRTHS
12-across – Paul, but not me, gets the bird : MYNA
13-across – Complicated rune required in playing knightly pursuit : TOURNEYING
15-across – Possibly Barnum won with sham performance? : SHOWMAN
16-across – One cleans up proverbial losers, end first : SWEEPER
18-across – Fare from Manchester consists of half an OT book, plus cover : ECCLESCAKE
19-across – 14 bird demanding fruit : KIWI
20-across – Prepared to see a joker imbibing one can : AWAITING
22-across – Heather purchases fashionable piece of material : LINING
23-across – Woman’s with German person alone : HERMIT
24-across – Diversified engine part : MANIFOLD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Dickens character having to study clue for young wimp : CONKEYCHICKWEED
2-down – Dickens character – just one for Crompton and then some more : WILLIAMWILLIAMS
3-down – Blunders involving Conservatives, say, raised hidden dangers : BOOBYTRAPS
4-down – Dry rot in building endlessly retaining water : HYDROUS
5-down – The post in a pickle, reportedly : JAMB
6-down – Dickens character, one stoned by taste and smell : CHERRYPECKSNIFF
7-down – Dickens character cooking a lean, thin shellfish : NATHANIELWINKLE
14-down – Virgin spirit with two large islands : NEWZEALAND
17-down – Novelist reportedly willing to provide an exercise in action : WARGAME
21-down – Enthusiastic about working? Not I! : INTO
This crossword has in total 24 where 14 are across and 10 are down.