This crossword No. 4005 clues and answers were published on Sun 23 Jul 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 4005 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Wise woman displays this in advance of chemistry? : PRESCIENCE
6-across – Spy’s promise : BOND
9-across – Robots care about language : SERBOCROAT
10-across – Refrain from organ piece : STOP
12-across – Man and lady host gathering for poet : DYLANTHOMAS
15-across – Illicitly trade in what may protect limb : BOOTLEG
16-across – Fails modern subject and blows a fuse : LOSESIT
17-across – Free lunch: main but no starters : UNCHAIN
19-across – That man, fat, vacuous: Everyman with uncertain expression, having gained weight : HEFTIER
20-across – Lack of effort in cloakroom : CONVENIENCE
23-across – Wally rejected covering for playing area : TARP
24-across – Roving over dunes with Zulu? It’s a date! : RENDEZVOUS
25-across – Reportedly avoided where tears may be flowing : DUCT
26-across – Open-air locations where gunpowder may be disposed of? : TEAGARDENS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – What’s held by Royal Mail employee, in more ways than one? : POST
2-down – What’s enumerated Zion’s returnees assiduously, primarily? : EZRA
3-down – Run, after group of three – pray for draw : CROWDPLEASER
4-down – Listen to Cockneys: drink up, one’s headed for the canal : EARPLUG
5-down – BBC1, perhaps in gutter : CHANNEL
7-down – Looking up, eye’s taking in fine rain over island : OPTIMISTIC
8-down – Droopy ties rearranged in store : DEPOSITORY
11-down – Children unbound by rules breaking zester, faulty appliance : CHESTFREEZER
13-down – Old boy doomed to circle American cape hidden by fog? : OBFUSCATED
14-down – Little money invested in two scams, one’s fleeced in certain circles thus? : CONCENTRIC
18-down – Some tuna I’ve tenderised in state of ignorance : NAIVETE
19-down – Spooner’s cursed swine with guilty look : HANGDOG
21-down – Drill giving you headache? : BORE
22-down – Fantasist somewhat unchanged : ASIS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.