This crossword No. 22469 clues and answers were published on Sat 16 Mar 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22469 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Cook holding plate in acknowledgment : SALUTE
4-across – Nothing but diamonds after 13 : JUSTICE
9-across – Number 0 in hell, deep and hollow : CAVERNOUS
10-across – Game on the hearth : POKER
11-across – Opera is a standard article : NORMA
12-across – Acknowledgment between god and fool after 4 : PANTALOON
13-across – After 2, I come in to join with iron : SOLDIER
15-across – See 29 : WORLDS
17-across – Part I doing time in the cooler : INFANT
19-across – Northern light with round number in capital : POLARIS
22-across – After 17, he’s inspired by holy Bosco : SCHOOLBOY
24-across – Ruler not of uniform habit? : MUFTI
26-across – Another name for animal, I assume : ALIAS
27-across – Last after singular 1 down, rebuked about funny little old house : CHILDHOOD
28-across – Choose backing of gold plate : ELECTRO
29-across – : ALLTHE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Time out before rounds : SECONDS
2-down – After 22, 29 15 his : LOVER
3-down – Zaire tram refurbished in poetic form : TERZARIMA
4-down – Recently obtained present at the fair? : JUSTNOW
5-down – Cuttlefish’s relation in water : SEPIA
6-down – Cuttlefish well, perhaps: elk or hind poorly : INKHOLDER
7-down – Message the Queen carried to the Duke : ERRAND
8-down – Port or cocktail causes semi-comatose state : TORPOR
14-down – Midday meal starts inside in the UCL mess : LUNCHTIME
16-down – Part new railway requires exemplar : ROLEMODEL
18-down – Explorer turns up with gas for pipe : TOBACCO
19-down – Film about shy characters taking medicine : PHYSIC
20-down – Warm air sent to the French is a fraud : SWINDLE
21-down – See 29 : ASTAGE
23-down – Beginning to be occupying 21? : ONSET
25-down – Jack’s a disappointment : FROST
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.