This crossword No. 2996 clues and answers were published on Sun 22 Feb 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 2996 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Lad rings doctor, first of all, in Indian port : BOMBAY
4-across – At Danube, raging with no loss of intensity : UNABATED
9-across – Australian bird – second seen round lake and river there : BLACKSWAN
11-across – Boy in charge of sound : SONIC
12-across – Fellow with everything in sink : FALL
13-across – Small-scale experiment undertaken by the aviation industry? : PILOTSTUDY
15-across – Device promoting fidelity in stately ‘bitch’, possibly : CHASTITYBELT
18-across – So he returned abroad in secret : UNDERTHEROSE
21-across – Brief unwell, cutting down : CURTAILING
22-across – Land mass – between seas, I assume : ASIA
24-across – Start in neutral in it on run out : INTRO
25-across – Direction given by particular Military Academy : WESTPOINT
26-across – George Martin’s first, first from EMI to hear arrangement : GEOMETRY
27-across – One fuelling the fire of Irish novelist? : STOKER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – George Nelson’s record? : BABYFACE
2-down – US singer performed packing a lounge : MEATLOAF
3-down – Questions dance music around the South raised : ASKS
5-down – Civilians in wartime ban most cannot fancy : NONCOMBATANTS
6-down – Top actor almost becomes top author : BESTSELLER
7-down – Flap, in a manner of speaking : TONGUE
8-down – Alluring things, bashful cuddled by Des : DECOYS
10-down – Referee, one trying to put a stop to foul play? : WHISTLEBLOWER
14-down – Be unequalled racing on land and at sea, mostly : STANDALONE
16-down – Control lever girl’s to click : JOYSTICK
17-down – Put off drinking tin or bottle : DECANTER
19-down – Deputy in the theatre : ACTING
20-down – Greek with German man in cave : GROTTO
23-down – Notice a blemish : SPOT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.