This crossword No. 22965 clues and answers were published on Sat 18 Oct 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 22965 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Slow runner, say, the French salute : TRICOLOUR
10-across – One second and a half behind at racetrack : IMOLA
11-across – Extraordinary lack of furniture : NOTABLE
12-across – Plant pot has value, though chipped : MUGWORT
13-across – Travel in pale truck : WAGON
14-across – One following a subject forecast securing a very low grade : PREDICATE
16-across – Students ritually find riotous gig still rocking : LITURGIOLOGISTS
19-across – What Valentine was given isn’t a funny cover : SAINTHOOD
21-across – Material I am given to study : DENIM
22-across – X, King of Scotland : MALCOLM
23-across – A terrible beat, out of order for dance : LAMBADA
24-across – Cat in part of pound : OUNCE
25-across – Thrills with prostitute, that’s what gets biker going : KICKSTART
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – For Swan Lake demonstration, pools need digging – getting stuck in may be turned to advantage : STONEWALLS
2-down – Be drunk on the bench? Keep still : SITTIGHT
3-down – Thief’s short name : ROBBEN
4-down – Writer’s fondness for fine fabric : LOVE
5-down – Confined vehicle took me over valley : TRAMMELLED
6-down – Keep talking to the police : SINGSING
7-down – See 1 : DONOTA
8-down – 4’s weapon encountering low resistance : DART
14-down – See 1 : PRISONMAKE
15-down – Medicine sample sot’s drunk : EPSOMSALTS
17-down – Considered caging big beast not at first in short supply : RATIONED
18-down – Dismiss rule about goal area : SENDAWAY
20-down – One’s country : ISLAND
21-down – Prosecutor put on false personality to get silk : DAMASK
22-down – See 8 : MOOR
23-down – See 4 : LACE
This crossword has in total 29 where 13 are across and 16 are down.