This crossword No. 22619 clues and answers were published on Sat 07 Sep 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22619 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – Core, we hear, by going round fruit : BLIMEY
6-across – Wolves should be bats, such as 21 : VOWELS
9-across – Exciting moment produced a hundred times capital investment : CLIMAX
10-across – Heading off for Egyptian town, one on endless river, with the wife : UXORIOUS
11-across – 13 between two of them at Towcester : MATT
12-across – Wasp swallows unusual gem that’s to be eaten crystallized : STEMGINGER
13-across – Evidence of exciting race stolen from home is in pub : PHOTOFINISH
18-across – Tell Hebrew about the leader of the flock : BELLWETHER
21-across – 5 across thrice before… : ISAY
22-across – … there was this car, and two redheads got out – that’s the joke! : BOOMBOOM
23-across – Parade a personal design : TATTOO
24-across – Choke from … : STIFLE
25-across – … from choke? : ITSELF
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See some dynamism at Chelsea, when playing Rochdale Reserves, say? : MISMATCH
2-down – Persian king offering himself after fornication in lift? : XERXES
3-down – Transport to horse’s mouth pulled up : TOBOGGAN
4-down – African country accepting godhead is harmless : BENIGN
5-down – Tolkien character embraces a Spanish city : BILBAO
7-down – Drunk, so taken advantage of : SOUSED
8-down – Working principle under King Tom? : RULEOFTHUMB
14-down – Leaves by 25, or in a different way : TREFOILS
15-down – Dress essential for capital gains? : SHIFTKEY
16-down – Singers producing notes for the audience : TENORS
17-down – Portuguese resort to be blasted beyond the horizon : FAROFF
19-down – Little devil appears in top that’s transparent : LIMPID
20-down – Tripe consumed in turn : ROTATE
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.