This crossword No. 22515 clues and answers were published on Thu 09 May 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22515 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Place soldier as a non-professional : LAYMAN
4-across – Small bird with spotted beak : SAWBILL
9-across – Great to hear about the girl – maybe settle down? : GRAVITATE
10-across – Man without work returning to base : DEPOT
11-across – What’s the weight of this animal? : OUNCE
12-across – Written in elegant style: To a Wild Rose : EGLANTINE
13-across – Almost scary in the fog and dramatically ill-judged : MISCAST
15-across – Anyway, it’s a girl : HANNAH
17-across – Comparatively deranged plant : MADDER
19-across – Energy needed to exercise with trains when it’s very hot : PEPPERY
22-across – Shrill, even for the upper echelon : HIGHLEVEL
24-across – Foreign article contains a whopper! : ALIEN
26-across – Stick to first degree of speed : BATON
27-across – Belt designed by teacher without a wife, so it’s said : SURCINGLE
28-across – Right game is back in the money flow : CURRENT
29-across – One came in over the top; one’s ears are burning! : OTITIS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Space for the French newly-wed? : LEGROOM
2-down – Long tale about the East : YEARN
3-down – Ribbon worn by Girl Orchestra? : ALICEBAND
4-down – Furtiveness in the last movement : STEALTH
5-down – God of Welsh poetry given name : WODEN
6-down – Involve mischievous child with story about 11? : IMPLICATE
7-down – Young family’s mess : LITTER
8-down – Cultivated, the good man is most biddable : TAMEST
14-down – Critic sounds full of disgust at the bloodshed : SLAUGHTER
16-down – Abstainer to swan up to the Prince is tense : NEPHALIST
18-down – The vicar, is it? Call back : REVISIT
19-down – It’s mean to be nosey about an officer : PALTRY
20-down – Look for the state that’s home to a rising baseball team : YANKEES
21-down – Obsessed with getting little imp into photo : PHOBIC
23-down – Drop suddenly, missing the first thrust : LUNGE
25-down – I got put out of northern bar : INGOT
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.