This crossword No. 22579 clues and answers were published on Tue 23 Jul 2002 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22579 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Just how Lady Godiva rode : BARELY
4-across – Bore passed by a majority : CARRIED
9-across – A legal bet placed on a mere trifle : BAGATELLE
10-across – Cleaners don’t have gents to check : DETER
11-across – Deposit in earth yielding nitre : INTER
12-across – Pair watches partners being unfaithful : TWOTIMERS
13-across – Clothes were first mangled : GARBLED
15-across – A little mollusc: it crawls backwards when very cold : ARCTIC
17-across – Material, we hear, had influence : SWAYED
19-across – Off colour near this joint : KNUCKLE
22-across – Picture oddly smeary in viewfinder : CANVASSER
24-across – Characters first seen in Kyushu and neighbouring Japanese islands : KANJI
26-across – Tripoli’s last doctor is to join Tripoli’s last king : IDRIS
27-across – I may ring a wrong sort of number : IMAGINARY
28-across – They recruit young man for a women’s magazine : THELADY
29-across – A soldier overhauled latrines in cold blockhouses : IGLOOS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Hope and Crosby rising and falling : BOBBING
2-down – Dexter’s prerogative? : RIGHT
3-down – How to get across, like the USA pre-1917 and 1941? : LATERALLY
4-down – A violin more can play : CREMONA
5-down – Leaders from Rome attended debate in Ischia; more than one spoke : RADII
6-down – Well dressed for the meet : INTHEPINK
7-down – Compulsion gets half of us stuck in curry : DURESS
8-down – Blew notes? Groovy! : FLUTED
14-down – Ruined tower near mountain ash : ROWANTREE
16-down – Charles and Heather are obviously amused : CHUCKLING
18-down – Lot of Tyneside not completely developed : DESTINY
19-down – Language of the East used in sacred book : KOREAN
20-down – Avenging spirits in Greece or Ireland? Certainly! : ERINYES
21-down – Small, pert child holding small rock : SCHIST
23-down – Confounded sailing! : ATSEA
25-down – March associated with detective stories set in Goa : NGAIO
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.