This crossword No. 3031 clues and answers were published on Sun 24 Oct 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3031 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Newspaper employee, one courting a woman – bed’s involved : SUBEDITOR
6-across – Take part in a game on a Spanish beach : PLAYA
9-across – Polish society : CULTURE
10-across – A Parisian, one in favour of male in distinctive clothes : UNIFORM
11-across – One way of settling a tie on the spot? : PENALTYSHOOTOUT
12-across – A leader before : AHEAD
13-across – Heads off to capture prey, possibly like an owl? : SHARPEYED
15-across – Forthright ditch worker : TRENCHANT
17-across – Unviable idea I abandoned : NOTON
19-across – What one might quickly digest during elevenses? : COFFEETABLEBOOK
21-across – Odd brew in a watering hole : WINEBAR
22-across – Social worker working with one old Italian chap : ANTONIO
23-across – European with wife is stuck inside vessel : SWISS
24-across – Site of former naval dockyard, here, strangely, in Southern Scottish loch : SHEERNESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Extremely smarmy chap, not devious, as Uriah Heep, say : SYCOPHANT
2-down – Graduate, boy with emotional stability : BALANCE
3-down – One may carry passengers up and down : DOUBLEDECKERBUS
4-down – Extremely small number round the East End of city : TEENY
5-down – Pebbled surface of wall, uneven and thrown together : ROUGHCAST
6-down – Malicious missive from worried opponent, sterile : POISONPENLETTER
7-down – Excuse made by heartless guy after a game : APOLOGY
8-down – Recognise and let in : ADMIT
13-down – Slovenly types in test snarl alarmingly : SLATTERNS
14-down – Teachers round outskirts of Thirsk – at present they’re undecided : DONTKNOWS
16-down – Important fellow that is over to employ two females with purpose : EFFENDI
18-down – Soundly beat counter when upset : TROUNCE
19-down – Conglomerate’s head is in debt in the Isle of Wight : COWES
20-down – Brother, expert with hand tool : BRACE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.