This crossword No. 3507 clues and answers were published on Sun 22 Dec 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3507 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – One excluded old theologian connected with a Mount, oddly : ODDMANOUT
8-across – One held captive round Mount after end of speech : HOSTAGE
10-across – Personal assistant’s to take home one Christmas cake : PANETTONE
11-across – Rushes jobs : CAREERS
12-across – High, the Parisian church tower with spire : STEEPLE
13-across – Saw ghost floating across rear of theatre in pantomime? : STAGESHOW
15-across – One involved in pantomime turn again? : DICKWHITTINGTON
17-across – Checks in chess? Aunt confused : STAUNCHES
20-across – Hypocrisy at a choral work : CANTATA
22-across – A soldier shown round small house of a native American : ARAPAHO
23-across – Instrument, unusual in one regard : REEDORGAN
24-across – University stopping dissertations in ancient Greek : THESEUS
25-across – Previously ending in Alsace, then Lorraine, strangely : EARLIERON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Short operation on model’s face : OPPOSE
2-down – Fellow on essential Nativity play animal? : DONKEY
3-down – Behave in a troublesome way at college after play : ACTUP
4-down – Shoehorning hose away in an attitude of smug superiority : ONONESHIGHHORSE
5-down – No one’s about to chastise unstable Catholic king in play : THECOASTISCLEAR
6-down – Object from cracker daily found on hearth, oddly : PAPERHAT
7-down – Swing he composed, with bit of ragtime thrown in? : GERSHWIN
9-down – Social worker after cloth, one with stripes : SERGEANT
14-down – Ballet in middle of Christmas week, an excess : SWANLAKE
15-down – Revulsion shown by DI, say, about latest of assaults : DISTASTE
16-down – Hears a CD prepared for Christmas party game? : CHARADES
18-down – Fixture in stable causing male irritation : MANGER
19-down – Priest reportedly shot playing billiards : CANNON
21-down – Girl I lament over : NAOMI
This crossword has in total 27 where 13 are across and 14 are down.