This crossword No. 3423 clues and answers were published on Sun 13 May 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3423 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Dubious sort with alcoholic drink on platform : ROSTRUM
5-across – Let off surplus dynamite, initially : SPARED
9-across – Splendour of Greek article under bust : GRANDEUR
10-across – Joined one editor : UNITED
12-across – Head leaving specimen, more than enough : AMPLE
13-across – Around five, alkie and a TT uncommonly chatty : TALKATIVE
14-across – New French calendar? : REVOLUTIONARY
16-across – Soon converted a lone militant : INNOTIMEATALL
20-across – Getting bitter with money for bread : SOURDOUGH
21-across – Fish steak prepared : SKATE
22-across – Doctor returning to northern college : GIRTON
23-across – Decidedly fashionable black suit : INSPADES
24-across – Attractive young girls with special ability : TALENT
25-across – Bird in box by bank : SPARROW
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Newspaper left on top of an overcoat : RAGLAN
2-down – Holiday-maker holding up small scuttle : SCAMPER
3-down – Dickens character, impolite penning note : RUDGE
4-down – Rise to heaven, the home of the greater gods : MOUNTOLYMPUS
6-down – Writers having a drink in a US city : PENSACOLA
7-down – Tins are wrong for a wine : RETSINA
8-down – Daughter, having drunk rye after rum, becomes unsteady : DODDERY
11-down – One-armed bandits – lost cash in ’em, stupidly : SLOTMACHINES
15-down – After surprising veto duke’s dejected, defeated in the House : VOTEDDOWN
16-down – Awareness, in a sense : INSIGHT
17-down – Grey gear? : NEUTRAL
18-down – Depend on the German rowing club : LEANDER
19-down – Watch cutter pitch : SEESAW
21-down – Wild ape is a brownish colour : SEPIA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.