This crossword No. 3231 clues and answers were published on Sun 31 Aug 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3231 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Design that sounds like a set of rustic steps : STYLE
4-across – Golden Hind, empty, sank unexpectedly in a Baltic port : GDANSK
7-across – Count on pub profit : BARGAIN
8-across – Reliable social worker missing in Santa Fe : SAFE
10-across – Send terms of reference : REMIT
11-across – Withdrew, injured : SCRATCHED
13-across – I’m one to make writer’s point : PENCILSHARPENER
15-across – Still lacking rank? : NOTWITHSTANDING
19-across – Most important soldier on scale : PARAMOUNT
20-across – A new member returned with a backer : ANGEL
21-across – Energy worker back on high peak : ETNA
22-across – Odious negative is first to overwhelm me : NOISOME
23-across – Admission made by expert striding around ship : ACCESS
24-across – Irish novelist, reportedly, is demanding : STERN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Terrible bores at university become serious : SOBERUP
2-down – Cathedral is to dismiss clergyman when one’s gone : YORKMINSTER
3-down – Former statute, correct in every detail : EXACT
4-down – Book band : GENESIS
5-down – Capone leaving one country for another : AUSTRIA
6-down – Tennis star carrying new type of fastener : SAFETYPIN
9-down – Round the German river : ODER
12-down – On intimate terms in passing romance : HANDINGLOVE
14-down – Certain phrases may be meaningless, mother admitted : IDIOMATIC
15-down – Tots toss up : NIPS
16-down – Male in possession of gold and silver crossing centre of Delhi to get transport : HAULAGE
17-down – Ate nuts, nuts causing an illness : TETANUS
18-down – Vessel taking quantity of fuel round the east : GALLEON
20-down – A young lady, out of order : AMISS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.