This crossword No. 22667 clues and answers were published on Sat 02 Nov 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22667 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – With apprehension raised by 1 over 8? : UPTIGHT
5-across – Queen Bee : OVERBID
9-across – Song of praise composed by an ape … : PAEAN
10-across – … which has 9s : APENNINES
11-across – One organ did another’s job in the human body – removes from table : CLEARSAWAY
12-across – Strip for footballer that has lost heart : GAZA
14-across – Make a mistake – I have to – in essay describing an army : TERRITORIAL
18-across – Designed to advertise a concert, one with no alto playing : PROMOTIONAL
21-across – Food for Shakespeare at Stratford : EATS
22-across – Learner displayed in paper etc : APPRENTICE
25-across – 7 8’s party in Grammar School not far away … : CONINGSBY
26-across – … his story ends with unfinished account of 5 down doubled … : SYBIL
27-across – … his 2 crusade starts taking South African party to the left : TANCRED
28-across – Lighter with its bow in front of the fleet : LANTERN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Dismantle international selection? : UNPICK
2-down – Subtitle of 25, then we turn into a green mess : THENEW
3-down – See 2 : GENERATION
4-down – Headpiece for Island in the Sun? On the contrary, quite the reverse : TIARA
5-down – 8’s style of his party producing anteversion in a vegetable : ONENATION
6-down – Bird of the wilderness : ERNE
7-down – Premier associated with Primrose Hill: a jailer confused when intelligence is imprisoned : BENJAMIN
8-down – See 7 : DISRAELI
13-down – Trouble descends upon caricaturist : ROWLANDSON
15-down – Italian river in French city: editor must have it put back : REIMPOSED
16-down – Meal with no starter deleted – that’s a blow : UPPERCUT
17-down – Begin to grasp the reel is ready? : COTTONON
19-down – Six strong? That’s OK : VIABLE
20-down – Magic bird, the blackbird, nearly home : MERLIN
23-down – Reverse of what the fairy-tale goose did, like the swan? : ROYAL
24-down – Divorce scene is upset by a single blow : ONER
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.