This crossword No. 3000 clues and answers were published on Sun 21 Mar 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3000 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Article that’s penned about a cardinal? : THREE
4-across – Cook does stunning salad dish incorporating right mayonnaise sauce : THOUSAND
8-across – See 4 : ISLANDDRESSING
10-across – Drafted in one male ‘Fleet Street’ editor? : IMPRESSED
11-across – Trap quickly springs back on tail of mouse : NOOSE
12-across – Resentment shown by one I cut off back in Turkish port : GALLIPOLI
14-across – Thick sauce, when written about, is ‘savoury’ : SAPID
15-across – The sound of bluebottles in small wood : COPSE
16-across – ‘Boy’s Own’ has no western writer : STEVENSON
18-across – Irish boy drinking drop of draught in saloon : SEDAN
20-across – A repair, by workers on time for a change : AMENDMENT
22-across – One may be copied to several people in Ohio’s capital, maybe : CIRCULARLETTER
23-across – For example, President must avoid crowds in exits : EGRESSES
24-across – Based in Ely, sold disinfectant : LYSOL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Following well behind, runs out : TAILING
2-down – Two overweight people making a dessert : ROLYPOLYPUDDING
3-down – Comic – ‘Eagle’ brought round I learned : ERNIEWISE
4-down – Daughter, breaking obligations, drifts : TIDES
5-down – Completed approach in a very high gear : OVERDRIVE
6-down – American article supporting southern girl : SUSAN
7-down – MPs mention NCO, so irrational – not in his right mind? : NONCOMPOSMENTIS
9-down – Most important element : LEAD
13-down – Class to be trained using hurdles : OBSTACLES
14-down – Put one’s foot down on spring flower : SPEEDWELL
15-down – Wimbledon champion – first to congratulate another, we hear : CASH
17-down – Lifelike, as is to be expected : NATURAL
19-down – Hot in pleasant alcove : NICHE
21-down – Counts gems pop initially overlooked : EARLS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.