This crossword No. 3840 clues and answers were published on Sun 17 May 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3840 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – A complete shambles, maybe setter’s to be given time out, quick! : DOGSBREAKFAST
8-across – Primarily, extremely meddlesome matchmaker : EMMA
9-across – Acerbic Greek character can provide pudding : TARTETATIN
10-across – Altogether where Dorothy’s dog food ended up : INTOTO
11-across – ‘Blah blah blah’: review of 48 Hours? : YADAYADA
12-across – Parliamentarian to persecute revolutionary, Spooner reports : ROUNDHEAD
14-across – Perhaps, Sergeant Major, perhaps : JOHN
15-across – Famous sportsman, ‘The Greatest’ : BEST
16-across – Stride around shopping centre making chit-chat : SMALLTALK
20-across – Print pitch for pigeonhole : TYPECAST
21-across – Dicky Benaud is one going from Vienna to Belgrade : DANUBE
23-across – Horror-movie figure harshly bullies a headless dog : BELALUGOSI
24-across – Lawyer’s not finishing cheese : BRIE
25-across – Furniture that might be rust-proofed and extremely baroque? : FOURPOSTERBED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Tenor spotted piece to include: grand! : DOMINGO
2-down – Some ragù: a nourishing substance with distinctive smell : GUANO
3-down – Promise to put a wager on US novelist : BETROTH
4-down – Parliamentary business, one May’s adroitly amended : EARLYDAYMOTIONS
5-down – Prepares sourdough loaves, perhaps: essential things : KNEADS
6-down – Nasty coat needing alteration, no matter the price : ATANYCOST
7-down – Sick, tired, essentially stoned … considered fit : TRIEDON
13-down – A fortune’s laid out for horror movie : NOSFERATU
15-down – Piece of Laurel and Hardy finally, a fable that’s funny : BAYLEAF
17-down – ‘Salud!’, dit Emile : LUDDITE
18-down – Tried to influence bid with bloke losing £1,000, sadly : LOBBIED
19-down – Adjudicator, curtly, after brief look, to increase price unfairly : GAZUMP
22-down – Bigwig to apprehend rising pong : NABOB
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.