This crossword No. 22749 clues and answers were published on Sat 08 Feb 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22749 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – I haven’t much of 11 16 until real trouble occurs : ILLNATURE
10-across – The entertainer’s article is a plant : HOSTA
11-across – I find folk wild and barbarian, including the generality of folk, amid the chaos – Macbeth must have spilt it! : THEMILK
12-across – Fellow in blue and red keeping one staid, they say : TARRIED
13-across – Return of the unsophisticated spa : EVIAN
14-across – Stick around – sounds uttered in China : CANTONESE
16-across – See 11 : OFHUMANKINDNESS
19-across – Boxer constructs a ginnel round a hill : NIGELBENN
21-across – The chap at the chippy reportedly has food for 24 23down’s friend : FRIAR
22-across – The lady with a piece of music was 24 23down’s enemy : SHERIFF
23-across – Cambridge University’s tough for a vicar without energy to get in : HARVARD
24-across – Wouldn’t he show his face when he stole? : ROBIN
25-across – Bird’s eggs can be moved up the side : ROOKSPAWN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – 24 23down’s friend’s adaptation of the cupboard under the stairs? : LITTLEJOHN
2-down – Snapper takes the middle of the film in colour : BLUEFISH
3-down – See 8 : MARIAN
4-down – See 21 across : TUCK
5-down – Such as Calypso is wanted in dance : WESTINDIAN
6-down – Home of 24 23down, a crock about court, sick of repose : SHERWOOD
7-down – With the passage of the hours wine finds me with bad boys, for example : ASTIME
8-down – 24 23down’s friend writing awfully dim song when he’s around : MAID
14-down – Dean : CINDERFORD
15-down – Here’s Beverley, with an awkward seat on a horse : EASTRIDING
17-down – A lot of money gets meagre return when celebrity comes in : MILLIONS
18-down – English soldier turns up in hymn, close to the soil : EPIGAEAN
20-down – See 7 : GOESBY
21-down – See 6 : FOREST
22-down – The rise of love is painful : SORE
23-down – See 24 : HOOD
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.