This crossword No. 22737 clues and answers were published on Sat 25 Jan 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22737 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – The punter’s oxymoron? : ANTEPOST
5-across – Set by J. Louis – odds applied to 20 : STYLUS
9-across – Backer for 14? Solution could be a belt : TURNTABLE
11-across – Deadly boring item about half full : AWFUL
12-across – What happened to old solvers is in view: is this a 20? : SEVENTYEIGHT
15-across – 26 grass : NARK
16-across – Traditional number in Indian dress is a fiddle : STRADIVARI
18-across – Overhead support for Turkish bath in which beer is drunk : HAMMERBEAM
19-across – No use doing nothing : IDLE
21-across – Apple drink for singer, an educational oxymoron? : PUPILTEACHER
24-across – Key first two notes for worship : ADORE
25-across – Designer belief still backed, keeping sign on 20 : TELEOLOGY
26-across – Eyed article on 14 : NEEDLE
27-across – Football field below St Lawrence? : GRIDIRON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A drink for the fastidious : ASTI
2-down – The port could be flat : TYRE
3-down – Would-be wizard at the wheel : POTTER
4-down – Thinker’s oxymoron dependent on protest : SUBJECTOBJECT
6-down – Figures gin’s not so much trouble, so to speak : TRAPEZIA
7-down – Figures lad could be horse : LIFEGUARDS
8-down – Big stones give it exposure, piercing bottoms of feet : SOLITAIRES
10-down – Chastened by car tax, valuer’s not drawing blood : EXTRAVASCULAR
13-down – Maximum Spanish rainfall here, maddening lion and panther right away : INTHEPLAIN
14-down – For revolver, provide new rag for cleaner that’s not paid before binder : GRAMOPHONE
17-down – Another rhyme for helter-skelter : PELLMELL
20-down – See 14 : RECORD
22-down – Guardian’s reported time : HOUR
23-down – 24 male voices? : HYMN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.