This crossword No. 22679 clues and answers were published on Sat 16 Nov 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22679 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Poems appeal to location with steps : ODESSA
4-across – It’s a devil when fashion reaches America : ASMODEUS
9-across – User of air-rifle in trouble : FLIER
10-across – Woody associate’s purpose returns – to have little Ps : MIAFARROW
11-across – Transport for P among diamonds is often cut out : CARDBOARD
12-across – Note little P making P’s noise : GRUNT
13-across – Out of India matters require control : ADMINISTRATE
17-across – Topless cloth has radiance : INENGLANDNOW
20-across – The mob on duty? : HEAVY
21-across – P meat inclined to perish in Susan’s place : HAMPSHIRE
23-across – P meat belonging to the crown? They’re kidding : GAMMONERS
24-across – Daggers drawn from those going to be listed : OBELI
25-across – Looking after one’s own people the wrong way when drug is inhaled : NEPOTISM
26-across – Opposition maybe producing wise report in every other letter : SYZYGY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – An aquatic animal will sound authorised : OFFICIAL
2-down – Short comments on unjust smear about P : EPIGRAMS
3-down – Cancel the cleaning process : SCRUB
5-down – Highlights? : STANDARDLAMPS
6-down – Not quite a fruit and a nut mix for the primate : ORANGUTAN
7-down – No time for sobbing when there’s so much to listen to : EARFUL
8-down – Townships with such a lot of rain on the level : SOWETO
10-down – Home service direction to low-down persons applied to puzzler as well : MEALSONWHEELS
14-down – Grandmother’s attempt at being a giver of milk : NANNYGOAT
15-down – You kill one that has no love? Wildly improbable : UNLIKELY
16-down – Affectedly pretty and idly dressed in country style : TWEEDILY
18-down – P in paper used to rule in Japan : SHOGUN
19-down – Practice for contest with 1,000 as target : WARMUP
22-down – Lie on the floor? : STORY
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.