This crossword No. 22719 clues and answers were published on Sat 04 Jan 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22719 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Atrocious acts on WWI battle site, riots perhaps : MONSTROSITIES
10-across – In the locality about 2.10 am : AMBIENT
11-across – King takes Middle Easterner to a European country : ROMANIA
12-across – Soil taken from mountain top : TAINT
13-across – Deserved response to bottom-pinching: criticism for unsophisticated humour : SLAPSTICK
14-across – Cook in pan : ROAST
16-across – Lace with speed for a plant : SPIKERUSH
18-across – Similarity of compounds, one part solid with lead removed : ISOMERISM
19-across – No entrance to farm or house : TUDOR
20-across – Carriers soundly sleep on beds : KNAPSACKS
23-across – Fight in ditch : SCRAP
24-across – Actress Julia Roy to rest anyway : ROBERTS
25-across – Washing powder required for one top : SURFACE
26-across – 1 pi? Not to suspect 8, for example : IMPRESSIONIST
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Essential to score goal with rabbit : OBBLIGATO
3-down – The smell of money, say : SCENT
4-down – Turns taken with these turners, audibly : ROTAS
5-down – 9’s musical technique? : SERIALISM
6-down – I set theme, spinning record when work’s done : TIMESHEET
7-down – Lack of interest evident, though 9 could be around the bend : ENNUI
8-down – Artist demanding women, having to metamorphose, getting more twisted, suspect finally suggested to have been… : WALTERSICKERT
9-down – … using cipher, kept in jug : JACKTHERIPPER
15-down – Crime not on for artist, non-starter, though he keeps the money : TREASURER
16-down – Match examples, those taken away? : SUITCASES
17-down – When given general anaesthetic, I don’t know the way to avoid traffic : UNDERPASS
21-down – For the record, white short by two points : ALBUM
22-down – Food which makes us hiccup to some extent : SUSHI
23-down – Father has pole for seductress : SIREN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.