This crossword No. 3291 clues and answers were published on Sun 25 Oct 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3291 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – US rock star encountered crossing a lounge : MEATLOAF
5-across – Training on first of April, leader of Dambusters took off : APED
8-across – Crouch down by bed to get large bag : RUCKSACK
9-across – Style, class to a T : FORMAT
11-across – Demand made by former partner to behave : EXACT
12-across – Love playing Chartres in big band : ORCHESTRA
14-across – Dutch painter depicting seedy boys’ home with urchins : HIERONYMUSBOSCH
16-across – Throughout most of term, terribly strict : FROMSTEMTOSTERN
20-across – Terrorise giddy merrymaker : ROISTERER
21-across – Number one cricket club with a hallowed ground : MECCA
23-across – Warm current in lake, one abroad : ELNINO
24-across – Book, say, with Dickens character causing envy : BEGRUDGE
25-across – Lost, excellent fabric : LACE
26-across – Small ballistic missile, ear-piercing : STRIDENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Angry mother describing parking in NE town : MORPETH
2-down – Bill, artist in African capital : ACCRA
3-down – The Parisian, so hot running in African country : LESOTHO
4-down – Fruit, fish and vegetable retailer, initially : ANCHOVYPEAR
6-down – Saw lead choking dog? : PROVERB
7-down – Cup of tea? Missed out : DEMITASSE
10-down – Close to tent, spots rubbish : TRASH
13-down – Forge iron bar initially on it : COUNTERFEIT
15-down – Moving, English poet to Alabama : EMOTIONAL
16-down – Warning about onset of thunder : FORTE
17-down – Disappointed, no end, having received a bronze – that’s diabolical : SATANIC
18-down – Warriors will achieve odd reversal in Asia, possibly : SAMURAI
19-down – Most closely related are placed in home : NEAREST
22-down – Group of activists worry about introduction of democracy : CADRE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.