This crossword No. 22942 clues and answers were published on Mon 22 Sep 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22942 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – I’m in favour, yet show displeasure : GRIMACE
5-across – Plain girl goes to dance : PAMPAS
9-across – Mere existence? : PONDLIFE
10-across – Valiant choir somehow held a note : HEROIC
12-across – Butchery firm owned by a combine? : JOINTCONCERN
15-across – Chars at night to gain freedom from debt : CLEANSLATE
17-across – A warning to say nothing about evidence of arson : ASH
19-across – One Italian girl’s name : UNA
20-across – Principal finding company in one churchman or another : ARCHDEACON
22-across – Performed with a high degree of skill : ACCOMPLISHED
26-across – How to march on foot? : INSTEP
27-across – A champion paper : GUARDIAN
28-across – A tree’s transformed in springtime : EASTER
29-across – Ties the rest in knots : TETHERS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Effect of gravity on a monkey is to yawn : GAPE
2-down – Early centre of missionaries : IONA
3-down – No one is missing full board and lodging : ALLFOUND
4-down – Delicate and charming female trapped by rising river : ELFIN
6-down – An egg I scrambled, obviously not new-laid : AGEING
7-down – Derivation of article discovered in French region : PROVENANCE
8-down – It’s used on watch : SECONDHAND
11-down – Stop and have a drink : SCOTCH
13-down – A case for making a charge : ACCUSATIVE
14-down – Price of a suit? : LEGALCOSTS
16-down – Uncommonly haughty : LORDLY
18-down – In the main, it’s classed as vermin : SEWERRAT
21-down – Frenchman in our power : AMPERE
23-down – Become a sitting tenant : SQUAT
24-down – They are outnumbered in play : DICE
25-down – In extremities, they can be accommodating : INNS
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.