This crossword No. 2997 clues and answers were published on Sun 29 Feb 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 2997 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Monument – not cheap to be rebuilt : CENOTAPH
5-across – Characteristic of stars attending Belfast rally : ASTRAL
9-across – Plot to deceive summit : CONSPIRE
10-across – Somewhat inexperienced driver included in team : PARTLY
12-across – NCO in open car with collar undone : LANCECORPORAL
14-across – One getting up out of chair is erudite : RISER
15-across – Worth it, reading a Poe novel, or an Orwell documentary : THEROADTO
17-across – See 15 : WIGANPIER
19-across – Garment for groom : DRESS
21-across – Started eating out where the industrial firms are concentrated? : TRADINGESTATE
24-across – Out-of-date, so not the gear for Ascot? : OLDHAT
25-across – Evergreen provides chap a little wood : MANGROVE
26-across – Goddess captured in outskirts of this ancient city : THEBES
27-across – Chess player at match in formal evening dress : WHITETIE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Prepare to shoot male bird : COCK
2-down – Flummox with puns on live broadcast : NONPLUS
3-down – I criticise doctor getting in cask for game : TIPANDRUN
4-down – Control of expenditure may cause row in US – reps unhappy : PURSESTRINGS
6-down – Kind of squash? : STAMP
7-down – Stopped working and went to bed : RETIRED
8-down – A lot to say, possibly, after end of meal and this? : LOYALTOAST
11-down – Injured from same rash wrestler’s blow? : FOREARMSMASH
13-down – Suntanned solicitor catching river fish : BROWNTROUT
16-down – Old man after drop of ‘nectar’ ready to be served from the barrel : ONDRAUGHT
18-down – Old woman on river with Spanish nobleman : GRANDEE
20-down – Make flat cool, abroad : EVENOUT
22-down – One judge, very angry : IRATE
23-down – You need to sow, reportedly, to yield : CEDE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.