This crossword No. 22858 clues and answers were published on Mon 16 Jun 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22858 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Finished in a state of agitation : WOUNDUP
5-across – Diverts with morning exercises : AMUSES
9-across – One means cultivated flowers : ANEMONES
10-across – Grounds for a good man to back opera : STADIA
12-across – Navy planes in sorry state : PENNSYLVANIA
15-across – Rock climber? : BARBARYAPE
17-across – Man’s chains can be cast off : HIS
19-across – Show such anger in answering back : IRE
20-across – On-going course of action : PROCEEDING
22-across – It could help chap to shoot par, perhaps : APPROACHSHOT
26-across – Credit charge : IMPUTE
27-across – Dining at resort, a customer may call for one : GINANDIT
28-across – They tend to hurry back before the ship rounds the point : NURSES
29-across – Plot developer : SCHEMER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Bring ship round in river : WEAR
2-down – Customs of the American Middle West : USES
3-down – Once said to be a bishop : DIOCESAN
4-down – Tidy up? No, down! : PREEN
6-down – The kind of power often sought by detectives : MOTIVE
7-down – Drunk crashed in a single seater : SEDANCHAIR
8-down – Main course for travellers : SEAPASSAGE
11-down – Limited in one’s outlook : MYOPIC
13-down – The burden of debt : OBLIGATION
14-down – Agenda: make sure of your Guardian! : ORDERPAPER
16-down – One hundred in a cathedral city, said to be poor : YORICK
18-down – Eton chap seen around in Whitehall : CENOTAPH
21-down – Courage needed by the bedridden? : BOTTLE
23-down – Spots moles : SPIES
24-down – A mother provided for one who lacked one : ADAM
25-down – Wake up in the nick : STIR
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.