This crossword No. 3132 clues and answers were published on Sun 08 Oct 2006 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3132 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Such a contact may get batting team a boundary : INSIDEEDGE
6-across – Reportedly put an obstacle in the way of alliance : BLOC
10-across – Causing laughter about copper being an element : MERCURY
11-across – Electric tool to pin down piece : NAILGUN
12-across – Fool hiding screwdriver’s head and wrench : TWIST
13-across – Committee member, perhaps more confident after revision of rate : TREASURER
14-across – Nurse, northern lass about to retire? : NIGHTINGALE
18-across – Film race on island : MARATHONMAN
21-across – East wind featuring in rum tale that’s involved : ELABORATE
23-across – Boredom shown by English nun, new one : ENNUI
24-across – British composer, one about to come ashore : IRELAND
25-across – In Clarkesville, GA, lobbying is prohibited by law : ILLEGAL
26-across – Behind schedule or up to date? : LATE
27-across – Complain about social worker, religious type : PROTESTANT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Prisoner’s popular partner : INMATE
2-down – Sieve in stock : STRAIN
3-down – Big handout? Most dubious discloses sceptic : DOUBTINGTHOMAS
4-down – Torture in alien country : EGYPT
5-down – Cat, no tiger, struggling in middle of quagmire : GINGERTOM
7-down – Sort of spin from Labour’s leader, for example, ahead of recess : LEGBREAK
8-down – Birds are able to perched on sign : CANARIES
9-down – Poor Denise planned, with son, to make a complaint : PINSANDNEEDLES
15-down – Male bird pecking duck, very large duck : GOOSANDER
16-down – Sovereign’s small tufted beard : IMPERIAL
17-down – Celebrity wearing badly torn accessory : ORNAMENT
19-down – Cipher cracked in game : ENIGMA
20-down – US soldier, male, allowed a cocktail : GIMLET
22-down – Female novelist’s material brought over : ELIOT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.