This crossword No. 22565 clues and answers were published on Sat 06 Jul 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22565 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – *O for a pageant including an alien from Leicester! : POLICESERGEANT
9-across – Falls back once more upon the Sun : NIAGARA
10-across – Exclamation canonising *the maid of all work, say : STREWTH
11-across – Walk *the first of 25’s 12 out : AMBLE
12-across – Disgusting expression among those arranging to meet *25’s : DAUGHTERS
13-across – What is chewed, set and beaten : CUDGELLED
14-across – Dame that took the first of 25’s 12? : MELBA
15-across – It’s obvious what *the maid of all work proved to be : PLAIN
17-across – Old warrior has this tough old bird in hand : BATTLEAXE
20-across – Blown fruit : RASPBERRY
22-across – There’s little character in old warfare : DWARF
23-across – Beat Jack with a flourish : TANTARA
24-across – Extend across the opening of 12 in Berlin : SPANDAU
25-across – *Major public port that’s capital : GENERALSTANLEY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – *Concise eponym of the last to incur spiritual punishment – one to boast about : PENZANCEPIRATE
2-down – Page American comrade of vernal appearance : LEAFBUD
3-down – Tea with fruit, in which is the end of the colour changer : CHAMELEON
4-down – School subject, footwear, in which top of class : SCANDAL
5-down – Echo, only more so, under the bit : RESOUND
6-down – I didn’t catch what you said about painting the planet : EARTH
7-down – Accidental exposure of card demands response from FDR : NEWDEAL
8-down – *Subtitle for faulty votes he’d exposed : THESLAVEOFDUTY
14-down – Sensational affair for older characters among mothers : MELODRAMA
16-down – Characteristic of wandering mind and warming heart? : ABSENCE
17-down – Don’t allow lawyers a girl : BARBARA
18-down – Solver’s rights to states held by Greek god : THYRSUS
19-down – Bill, Maud and pal, topped not tailed : ACAUDAL
21-down – *The first of 25’s 12 may take the rap : BLAME
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.