This crossword No. 3036 clues and answers were published on Sun 28 Nov 2004 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3036 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Several in Maine like this as a starter? : SOME
3-across – Patter from porter on board with cast : SALESPITCH
10-across – Social worker, male, put in a single room initially : ALMONER
11-across – Odd coin in vase depicting heraldic beast : UNICORN
12-across – Game birds : DUCKSANDDRAKES
14-across – A socially acceptable street before, without luxury : AUSTERE
16-across – Atomic pile concerning one on the boards? : REACTOR
17-across – Vagabond, exhausted, in front of shed : OUTCAST
19-across – One helps to control banking loan I arranged round middle of term : AILERON
20-across – Difficult issue in France, one that causes embarrassment : ENFANTTERRIBLE
23-across – Feeling expressed by English poet : EMOTION
24-across – A name is given wrongly – the cause? : AMNESIA
25-across – Letter openers, presumably ? : ADDRESSEES
26-across – Not quite nimble enough to escape? : FLEE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Flower in picture, a monster : SNAPDRAGON
2-down – Italian girl caught parrot : MIMIC
4-down – Set out with a compass crossing river : ARRANGE
5-down – English copper on winding road in South American country : ECUADOR
6-down – Dancer in Marbella somehow grabbed by unlikely pair : PRIMABALLERINA
7-down – Steer and tow a broken-down sports car? : TWOSEATER
8-down – Manual worker given cards : HAND
9-down – Temptation? Ease off gradually : ONESTEPATATIME
13-down – Influential woman – big cheese – head of Equity : GRANDEDAME
15-down – Perched in small forest in tropical tree : SATINWOOD
18-down – Short examination involving poorly aunt reveals an infectious disease : TETANUS
19-down – Demo disc in superb gallery : ACETATE
21-down – Centre of operations on line from Swiss city : BASEL
22-down – Goddess? Some mother, anyway : HERA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.