This crossword No. 22428 clues and answers were published on Mon 28 Jan 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22428 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Spit in the sea : SANDBAR
5-across – Veto for proposal : FORBID
9-across – Party policy won’t be one’s main interest : SIDELINE
10-across – In the end I make a topping ornament : FINIAL
12-across – Colourful digits useful in the nursery : GREENFINGERS
15-across – Medical service for which the pay’s too uncertain : OSTEOPATHY
17-across – A man around here may be taken for a girl : RIO
19-across – Go out after a rise : EBB
20-across – Defamatory? Ronald sues anyway : SLANDEROUS
22-across – A subject for deep study : OCEANOGRAPHY
26-across – Habit of a socially inept person : ANORAK
27-across – Relaxed, with lowered pulse : DOWNBEAT
28-across – Method of betting trying to avoid betting slips? : SYSTEM
29-across – Beastly mix of cocoa in the Royal Navy : RACCOON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – It’s worn to order, perhaps : SASH
2-down – Having nothing on a dark horse, raised stake finally : NUDE
3-down – Where everybody goes in to sweep around the floor : BALLROOM
4-down – Used for firing the stove : RANGE
6-down – Vegetables that need to be set in soon : ONIONS
7-down – He has reached match point : BRIDEGROOM
8-down – Ibsen’s model accommodation : DOLLSHOUSE
11-down – A sort of dog blanket : AFGHAN
13-down – Happen to reach successful exam standard? : COMETOPASS
14-down – Steady lads! Hold your horses! : STABLEBOYS
16-down – Maintain there’s some body in the beer : ALLEGE
18-down – Garage worker tuned machine to go over a hundred : MECHANIC
21-down – Packed against the unexpected? : INCASE
23-down – Mother is upset over our love affair : AMOUR
24-down – He goes down or rises in play : HERO
25-down – School where one changes form about the beginning of term : ETON
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.