This crossword No. 3081 clues and answers were published on Sun 09 Oct 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3081 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Collide with b—- ref! : BUMP
3-across – Open over advisory group : ABOVEBOARD
9-across – Very small container at end of quay : TINY
10-across – Movement of highly skilled people one in variety organised around Italy : BRAINDRAIN
12-across – Fail to win card game and become exasperated : LOSEPATIENCE
15-across – Sister deciphered runes : NURSE
16-across – One may be requested to stop at some stage : BUSDRIVER
18-across – Fish that’s gone off in basket : CONGEREEL
19-across – Stiffly formal round start of unusual Jewish festival : PURIM
20-across – Taken from a disc not intended for release? : OFFTHERECORD
24-across – Strange aroma, scent, here in California : SACRAMENTO
25-across – Hide in rear of quarters with family : SKIN
26-across – Female after remarkably loud dress in German city : DUSSELDORF
27-across – Almost perfect concept : IDEA
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Nerve and audacity shown in hold-up : BOTTLENECK
2-down – Men in store ordered soup : MINESTRONE
4-down – Albert bid ridiculously for garden item : BIRDTABLE
5-down – See nothing in immorality, say : VOICE
6-down – Gambler, one entertained by dancer with a lurid tale : BODICERIPPER
7-down – Greek hero with Amsterdam football team : AJAX
8-down – Refuse in study, and close to study : DENY
11-down – Something that is easily obtained at a birthday party? : APIECEOFCAKE
13-down – Failed to notice, so allowed to go unpunished? : OVERLOOKED
14-down – Opera star, one difficult to please : PRIMADONNA
17-down – In TV repeat, initally see sly animated cat : SYLVESTER
21-down – Beginning to toil, feeble person in river : TWEED
22-down – Employed American editor : USED
23-down – No head for details in book : ACTS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.