This crossword No. 22522 clues and answers were published on Fri 17 May 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22522 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Human that’s like a fox? : EARTHBORN
10-across – Mother parachutes from aeroplane – that shows backbone : CHINE
11-across – Scent it’s time to leave returning groups of monkeys : SPOOR
12-across – Detestable as 9 may be : ABHORRENT
13-across – Spy ring : SLEEPER
14-across – Girl on the game contracted a rash : RUBELLA
17-across – Pop, but classical : PATER
19-across – Trendy, but lacking wit to get clobber : HIT
20-across – Resistance shown by Workers’ Party to Royal Family : TUDOR
21-across – Does hiding-place cause one to be late? : DELAYER
22-across – Tea includes, in addition, a kind of bun : CHELSEA
24-across – Dog has run out with programme? That’s rarely conceivable! : COGITABLE
26-across – Rich soil for frame : MOULD
28-across – It’s Project No. 5 – and that’s flat! : PLANE
29-across – Is place in chaos south of the mountains? : CISALPINE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Disorder is mounting in Assembly : MESS
2-down – Rupert Bear, say? : BROOKE
3-down – Sort of policy to suit the Lib-Dems? : THIRDPARTY
4-down – Tick found on mane and coat of animal : MOHAIR
5-down – Solitary worker’s absorbing task : ANCHORET
6-down – Second limo – a mark of the well-healed, they say : SCAR
7-down – Beauty wearing crash helmet seriously maligned : LIBELLED
8-down – Soak has imbibed litres of punch : WELT
13-down – Soft-spoken, captivating and with taste : SAPID
15-down – Bar label on type of dairy product : BUTTERMILK
16-down – Halt development of unborn over a main artery : AORTA
18-down – Message in margin let back : TELEGRAM
19-down – Book robust defender : HARDBACK
22-down – Celebrity could be made up : CHEESE
23-down – Workshop for the academic? Count us out! : STUDIO
24-down – Work put into church vestment : COPE
25-down – We’re told watershed forms this line : TIER
27-down – Sea bass : DEEP
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.