This crossword No. 2971 clues and answers were published on Sun 07 Sep 2003 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 2971 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Helpful hint given by spinner is excellent : TIPTOP
4-across – Diverted, one reflected in silence : AMUSED
8-across – Booby prize, a kitchen utensil? : WOODENSPOON
11-across – … a drill might be suitable : APT
12-across – Not typical abroad, old fellow standing : OUTOFCHARACTER
14-across – One group of detectives finds LSD : ACID
15-across – Letters written about amazingly large marine plants : EELGRASSES
18-across – Bargaining type in Tangier, too crooked : NEGOTIATOR
19-across – Drive in flow not using second : URGE
21-across – One way of striking a match? : COMPUTERDATING
24-across – Newspaper in Nicaragua : RAG
25-across – Pan, perhaps, poor player portraying Potter personification? : PETERRABBIT
26-across – Subtle statue : ASTUTE
27-across – Former King repelled by Greeks, ultimately : XERXES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Draw new urban area : TOWN
2-down – Making eccentric ring up doc : PRODUCING
3-down – Some more go northwards leaving this state : OREGON
5-down – You’ll find me on the Irrawaddy and in most of Malaya : MANDALAY
6-down – Clever sergeant major¿s technique : SMART
7-down – One tells you when you must work : DUTYROSTER
9-down – Spy centre stage? Unlikely : SECRETAGENT
10-down – What a fruiterer may deliver for society? : ORANGEORDER
13-down – Act? Anagram can give you a charter : MAGNACARTA
16-down – Safe in sturdy seated enclosure : STRONGBOX
17-down – Delicately put, terms for a promiscuous woman : STRUMPET
20-down – Set out to trap airmen and attack with machine-gun fire : STRAFE
22-down – Force a small child, so people say : MIGHT
23-down – Trucks found mostly overturned : UTES
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.