This crossword No. 3004 clues and answers were published on Sun 18 Apr 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3004 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Lack in desert : DEFECT
4-across – One who’s worked with mummy? : EMBALMER
9-across – Spanish girl in Caribbean island : MARGARITA
11-across – Floral feature in ring worn by tenor : PETAL
12-across – Stuff round end of meringue? : CREAM
13-across – Esteem shown in a piece of direct speech : ADORATION
14-across – Men, losing face, caught by artful chap with sniffer dog : AFFENPINSCHER
18-across – Punish errant fathead cruelly : TARANDFEATHER
20-across – Extinct reptile and raptor, last to survive us possibly : PTEROSAUR
22-across – Latest of journalists to pen an exclusive : SCOOP
24-across – I complain about Ruth’s mother-in-law : NAOMI
25-across – Droppings are found at end of the Square – overalls required : DUNGAREES
26-across – Hemp, perhaps? : POTPLANT
27-across – When one chooses to use a plough round onset of winter : ATWILL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Party member in protest meeting about blackleg : DEMOCRAT
2-down – In favour of church’s influence : FORCE
3-down – Collier – heartless one, man due for retraining : COALMINER
5-down – Flowering plant, mystical for a few nomads : MEADOWSAFFRON
6-down – Leading Greek character in local pharmacy : ALPHA
7-down – Head of family in secret society cut during procession : MATRIARCH
8-down – Become less severe about period of self-denial : RELENT
10-down – Tending aralia? Unlikely here at Blenheim Palace, say : ITALIANGARDEN
15-down – Provided suitable solicitor to ring editor : FITTEDOUT
16-down – Leader’s sharp gaining initial advantage : HEADSTART
17-down – Offer to support old girl : PROPOSAL
19-down – Become more communicative, ring writer at university : OPENUP
21-down – Loire’s seen vaguely from bay window : ORIEL
23-down – Old boy, priest, is showing signs : OBELI
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.