This crossword No. 22542 clues and answers were published on Mon 10 Jun 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22542 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Douglas’s pet? : MANXCAT
5-across – Persued by two boys : CHASED
9-across – Switch the spot dance as part of a pattern : POLKADOT
10-across – Current file : STREAM
12-across – House address : STAGEWHISPER
15-across – Rent as new, holding key as duplicate : TRANSCRIBE
17-across – Fifty follows forty-nine? Well, no! : ILL
19-across – Pass for an officer : COL
20-across – They reveal the stars in all their splendour : SPOTLIGHTS
22-across – Horse-racing is the thing for Cambridge college : SPORTOFKINGS
26-across – Eye disease – girl catches it : IRITIS
27-across – How one bounces back after being fired : RICOCHET
28-across – Defect in the hose used by firemen : LADDER
29-across – Showing unusual maturity, but lacking a certain element : YTTRIUM
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Cleans up after many quick operations : MOPS
2-down – Duck seen on English river : NILE
3-down – Whip – it’s raised in hunting : CHASTISE
4-down – Hothead in Chinese secret society gets the lash : THONG
6-down – It secures a superior item for ladies : HATPIN
7-down – Have one nightcap too many? : SLEEPTIGHT
8-down – Uttered in a death rattle : DEMORALISE
11-down – It’s cheap for Americans : TWOBIT
13-down – Unmoving shares to cultivate : STOCKSTILL
14-down – Remember to ring for a baby-sitter? : CALLTOMIND
16-down – Tearaway’s con trick : RIPOFF
18-down – Support for the Royal Mail? : KINGPOST
21-down – All-out hit : STRIKE
23-down – Mediterranean island’s toplessness observed frostily : ICILY
24-down – Tongue of land joining Cambodia and Myanmar : THAI
25-down – Spring associated with flowers : STEM
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.