This crossword No. 22463 clues and answers were published on Sat 09 Mar 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22463 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Wellington, for instance, had to show guile : AIRCRAFT
9-across – Stand by for armed robbery? On the contrary : UPHOLD
10-across – 25 with flavour rolled over : GNAT
11-across – 25 on what? In hat? : TREEHOPPER
12-across – A Hackney revolutionary at the Guardian? You can count on it! : ABACUS
14-across – Capitalist recluse entertains Spanish gentleman : LONDONER
15-across – 25 with long legs, for instance? : CRICKET
17-across – 25 offering 25 to beast : ANTLION
20-across – Asian city state crossed by reservists : CALCUTTA
22-across – European city that’s wild and free : MADRID
23-across – 25 thrashing Real 22 : REDADMIRAL
24-across – Consider, some 14s might say, being a spy : FINK
25-across – Creature having been brainwashed? : INSECT
26-across – A hundred left in pretty Devon village : CLOVELLY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – 25 caught drinking, reportedly : CINNABAR
2-down – One such as William Wallace, of course, decapitated : SCOT
3-down – 25 being its mutant : MANTIS
4-down – Play game : OTHELLO
5-down – US President heading off a lot into kind of republic, endlessly : BUCHANAN
6-down – Sings, getting drunk and worn : SHOPSOILED
7-down – Bit of a jumper, holding the record? : SLEEVE
13-down – 25 sees dog imbibing beverage loudly : COCKCHAFER
16-down – Teatime’s wobbly hazard : ESTIMATE
18-down – 25 continuing to charge 24 down, we hear : ONIONFLY
19-down – Taunt outlaw on instrument of torture : BARRACK
21-down – Getting on a horse, in German one’s restrained : AGEING
22-down – Mature chap, male not female : MELLOW
24-down – 25 and caterpillar grub back to front : FLEA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.