This crossword No. 22488 clues and answers were published on Mon 08 Apr 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22488 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Made light of the dieting craze : IGNITED
5-across – The academic field : CAMPUS
9-across – Kind of bank making a profit : CLEARING
10-across – He can put the points up or down : SCORER
12-across – North or South, it’s the best place to start from : POLEPOSITION
15-across – Its appearance suggests there’s something brewing : TEASERVICE
17-across – Behold around the East, a sign! : LEO
19-across – Badly in need of medical care : ILL
20-across – This is too small to be right : ACUTEANGLE
22-across – A story not necessarily associated with vice : GRIPPINGTALE
26-across – To extract information this way sound illegal : ELICIT
27-across – Be without servant, having facial bruising : BLACKEYE
28-across – Temptress finally put on figure-hugging garment : TIGHTS
29-across – Balls that may not bounce : YORKERS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Football ground with no parking causes irritation : ITCH
2-down – Lack, on the one hand, all the conclusions : NEED
3-down – Business reverse? : TURNOVER
4-down – Ball, possibly square : DANCE
6-down – Sign of nerves following car smash in one 12? : ARCTIC
7-down – Gasp with relief in exchange of frivolity : PERSIFLAGE
8-down – Clear that summer’s arrived : SPRINGOVER
11-down – Queen’s consort : TOMCAT
13-down – Garment not worn out, but full of holes : STRINGVEST
14-down – Exciting habit : NAILBITING
16-down – Empty one container into another : VACANT
18-down – Suspended uphill transport : CABLECAR
21-down – Run the second edition : SPRINT
23-down – Match label : TALLY
24-down – Measure encountered over the East : METE
25-down – Smaller boy absent from lessons : LESS
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.