This crossword No. 22709 clues and answers were published on Sat 21 Dec 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22709 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Coins found in US stations : QUARTERS
9-across – Road builder in command : ORDAIN
10-across – Cut captain : SKIP
11-across – Draw round second-class fellow : STABLEMATE
12-across – Hendrix takes Giuliani’s place for cricket : JIMINY
14-across – Thatcher, for example, one’s taken into pubs : BARONESS
15-across – Great apes eat stolen fruit : GRAPES
17-across – God willing, energy is found in worker at this season : ADVENT
20-across – Climber, we see, apt to come a cropper : SWEETPEA
22-across – French town house vacated in the Borders : RHEIMS
23-across – Fish with bleeding heart was at sea : FLOUNDERED
24-across – Stewart with head of pig in a poke : PROD
25-across – Old flier gets bird to buzz off : BEATIT
26-across – New Labour type embracing rail problem with incisiveness : BLAIRITE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Poet found drinking milk? : SUCKLING
2-down – Hidden danger for Tory leader taking blame : TRAP
3-down – A woolly cow? : JERSEY
4-down – Caught cold, with real shiver : COLLARED
5-down – Believe in original people : ADAMANDEVE
6-down – Prospects for traveller starting without travel permits : VISTAS
8-down – Throw outside a couple of bishops? That’s contemptible! : SHABBY
13-down – A quiet dean, sadly lacking : INADEQUATE
16-down – Hasten from river, bridging quietly rising flood : EXPEDITE
18-down – Work that turned in Staffordshire : TAMWORTH
19-down – Zebra roaming around Griqualand’s first city : ZAGREB
21-down – Playwright’s right to be a playwright : WILDER
22-down – MP gets the bird : REDCAP
24-down – Fresh ingredient for supper time : PERT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.