This crossword No. 3086 clues and answers were published on Sun 13 Nov 2005 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3086 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Oppose the others crossing island : RESIST
4-across – Aromatic plant, heavenly by front of arboretum : ANGELICA
10-across – Missile is fired next to stand, a big brute : POLARBEAR
11-across – Free, travel permit initially : LETGO
12-across – Composer from city on the River Main : OFFENBACH
13-across – Gravity shown in portentous song of mourning : DIRGE
14-across – Where Roedean girls may be sent for a spell? : CHARMSCHOOL
17-across – Miles away, we hear, on manoeuvres round about the start of November : NOWHERENEAR
20-across – Iron peg in mine, short one : PITON
21-across – She wrote detective stories, some rivalling Hammett : ALLINGHAM
22-across – Notice wine’s in short supply for this special purpose : ADHOC
24-across – What could be outlined around Greenwich, initially? : LONGITUDE
25-across – Head after type showing benevolence : KINDNESS
26-across – Take up residence in N Yorks town : SETTLE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Bird of prey and rail on rocky height : RAPTOR
2-down – Pils drunk at very loud joint : SPLIFF
3-down – Phone clubs in Naples, possibly – a daily might do this : SPRINGCLEAN
5-down – Recklessly bold hunter, man fording river in county : NORTHUMBERLAND
6-down – Chopped vegetable served up with fish : EEL
7-down – Let pro in that could form crime unit : INTERPOL
8-down – More than anything else done mostly during a formal dance : ABOVEALL
9-down – Move some furniture apart in play : SEPARATETABLES
13-down – Impractical theorist carried it on, implausibly : DOCTRINAIRE
15-down – Sleep soundly by fire in a sort of bag : KNAPSACK
16-down – Hag brought in by son could make one start : SWITCHON
18-down – Push forcefully through American street : THRUST
19-down – One male ordered deep hamper : IMPEDE
23-down – John in prison : CAN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.