This crossword No. 3156 clues and answers were published on Sun 25 Mar 2007 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3156 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Shunning contact with others giving up work : RETIRING
5-across – King’s award, right-on? : OBERON
9-across – British musician’s small instrument : SHARP
10-across – Collie’s at new swing : OSCILLATE
12-across – Mother’s mother and daughter harshly criticise a sporting achievement : GRANDSLAM
13-across – What’s right inside a child’s toy? It’s amusing, in a strange way : DROLL
14-across – Spending too much time off on strike, mostly making a show : EXTRAVAGANZA
18-across – This shows who may leave a club, injured son, on leaving first, learnt : TRANSFERLIST
21-across – Become more exciting in house set back : HOTUP
22-across – Complex – cater in it, cooking : INTRICATE
24-across – Toy water beetle : WHIRLIGIG
25-across – Violent outburst may make one run inside most agitated : STORM
26-across – Otherwise, a threatening couple of words : ORELSE
27-across – Check on grass brought back for animals : REINDEER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Left voluntarily or renewed contract? : RESIGNED
2-down – Separated, yet turning up outside for a social event : TEAPARTY
3-down – Speedy attack capturing leader of pack : RAPID
4-down – Description of watercolour, rather unattractive : NOOILPAINTING
6-down – One sleeping lightly under bunk in vehicle : BULLDOZER
7-down – Religious education – ‘A disciple’s cause’ : REASON
8-down – Goad a pointer : NEEDLE
11-down – Fight against weariness, a result of the stress of war : COMBATFATIGUE
15-down – Cop sailor, drunk in citadel : ACROPOLIS
16-down – Garment found in gap in a forest : PINAFORE
17-down – Banner headline – ‘Vessel passes across centre of Antarctic’ : STREAMER
19-down – Group’s article on World Health Organization : THEWHO
20-down – Band in street, all set : STRIPE
23-down – Broken nibs surrounding eastern dramatist : IBSEN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.