This crossword No. 2969 clues and answers were published on Sun 24 Aug 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 2969 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – In close during experiment : TRENDY
4-across – Man reportedly getting help from a series of letters : ALPHABET
9-across – One going to Mecca may have one, a map Terry prepared : PRAYERMAT
11-across – Emblem shows tailless animal : BADGE
12-across – Overturns car? : ROLLS
13-across – Bond girl, a gem : SOLITAIRE
14-across – Some of the opposition follow it and can be converted : SHADOWCABINET
18-across – Free hit from fine angle? : PENALTYCORNER
20-across – Line chap delivered wrongly about King, Shakespeare character : PRINCEHAL
22-across – Talk tediously, mostly, with one from family of comedians : HARPO
24-across – Vessel’s course on river : LINER
25-across – The very same dialect in broadcast : IDENTICAL
26-across – How an egg may be fried, done leisurely : OVEREASY
27-across – Behind a famous violinist : ASTERN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Those in authority to lead gunners onto ship : TOPBRASS
2-down – Message from head of embassy – man, we hear : EMAIL
3-down – Scold groom, dispirited : DRESSDOWN
5-down – Poem makes small child sad : LITTLEBOYBLUE
6-down – What might one have a regular tendency to wear? : HABIT
7-down – Declare about noon in good French game : BADMINTON
8-down – Greek goddess of youth described by Eliot in ancient city? : THEBES
10-down – Game at which children always leave one standing? : MUSICALCHAIRS
15-down – A very soft boy cut by one tool : APPLIANCE
16-down – Newcomers in phoney set, outrageous : NEOPHYTES
17-down – Put up with Manx cat in part of Long Island? : BROOKLYN
19-down – A count’s love for handsome young man : APOLLO
21-down – Sorceress left out of coterie : CIRCE
23-down – Regret clothing child in frilly lace : RUCHE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.