This crossword No. 22728 clues and answers were published on Wed 15 Jan 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 22728 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Preference given to a blonde when it comes to the push? : UNFAIRDISMISSAL
9-across – Mad speed – speed that’s utterly reckless : DESPERATE
10-across – Property of some types backfires : SERIF
11-across – Drunk and disorderly riot over a dish : RISOTTO
12-across – Lad said worker is unlikely to go under : BUOYANT
13-across – Female born to endless necessity : NEE
14-across – Shop ran out, owing to demise of producers : ORPHANS
17-across – Let revolutionary remain in support : TRESTLE
19-across – Pine log used in making a bolt : ELOPING
22-across – Collapse of society girl at Norfolk town : DEBACLE
24-across – Chirac’s boyfriend? : AMI
25-across – Charge for case used briefly by a student : ACCUSAL
26-across – Unsound property? : SILENCE
28-across – Weariness comes over a number in European Union : ENNUI
29-across – Russian man of letters : LERMONTOV
30-across – Tour manager tries stupidly to accommodate composer with instrument : TRAVELORGANISER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Spook given lack of space by Holy Writ : UNDERCOVERAGENT
2-down – Group of gasteropods force us to repeat : FUSUS
3-down – State of train that is broken down : INERTIA
4-down – Inferior clergy get a second turn : DEACONS
5-down – There’s a little bubble mixture when it fizzes : SHERBET
6-down – Near the coast there’s said to be cover : INSHORE
7-down – It’s barbed when it turns up in a fresh carcass : SARCASTIC
8-down – Raise the fence to enable communication? : LIFTTHERECEIVER
15-down – Mangled corpse turns up in a number of stage features : PROSCENIA
16-down – Celibate in order to be Joshua’s parent : NUN
18-down – Plant found by the way in France : RUE
20-down – Draw breath in anger over having no issue : INSPIRE
21-down – Astronomer put up icon to a constellation : GALILEO
22-down – His disguise is in female clothes, when wielding this : DISHRAG
23-down – Dance with nothing on but a party decoration : BALLOON
27-down – Wireless working, turned up for music : NOTES
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.