This crossword No. 22409 clues and answers were published on Sat 05 Jan 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22409 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
4-across – George Gordon frequently intervened between male and female : COCKOF
6-across – See 4 : THENORTH
9-across – Front page held up for Roman governor? : PILATE
10-across – Authority in 11 10 performing a solo on FBI coat-tails : FOOTBALL
11-across – See 10 : ASSOCIATION
15-across – Beast eating artist for dessert? : CARAMEL
17-across – Perfectly prepared to die for one’s friend : IDEALLY
18-across – Game gets warmer through the French fever : RUGBYLEAGUE
22-across – Expose drug made by jet? : AIRSPEED
23-across – Too much Scotch, not at home capital : OTTAWA
24-across – Say nasty things about river container : EXECRATE
25-across – Little creature in Richard II’s speech? : DIKDIK
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Licence to mix with epic : POETIC
2-down – It isn’t acuteness that discovers iron between church and town : CHRONICITY
3-down – Case of Paul holding Matthews : INSTANCE
4-down – Contest in the round with increased number in the bag : CUPMATCH
5-down – Sold out in centre of viral infection : COLDSORE
7-down – Unhappy motoring is a bore, interrupting the caviar? : ROAD
8-down – See 21 : HOLD
12-down – The complete bird gets to move quite briskly : ALLEGRETTO
13-down – Conservatives dug a lord out : OLDGUARD
14-down – Black and white listen to Spooner’s green space : HYDEPARK
16-down – Girl left on Cumbrian coast : MARYPORT
19-down – Involve keeping things in the family : ENTAIL
20-down – See 7 : RAGE
21-down – Release? Don’t release – they can’t take it from you : FREE
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.