This crossword No. 3137 clues and answers were published on Sun 12 Nov 2006 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3137 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Tramp in hospital – old boy needs oxygen : HOBO
3-across – Drunk by male wearing very large garment : HUGMETIGHT
9-across – Choice made by son voting : SELECTION
11-across – Farewel to the Parisian about to depart : ADIEU
12-across – Salesman returned holding silver bleeper : PAGER
13-across – Gets grime shifted with these kitchen devices : EGGTIMERS
14-across – Insect coming from Granny Smith apple, I fancy, needs help to get out : PRAYINGMANTIS
17-across – Language used by Everyman to summon dog? : ENGLISHSETTER
20-across – Material brought back by head law enforcer : ELIOTNESS
22-across – A wild cat’s light weight : OUNCE
23-across – Girl taking in Italian musical : EVITA
24-across – Gradually sample tea, perhaps : PIECEMEAL
25-across – Thomas, say, in reservoir on military machine : TANKENGINE
26-across – Agreed to put on Cymbeline, ultimately : DONE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – With gardening aid, weed round end of beds and whistle : HOSEPIPE
2-down – Boy hasn’t finished a long fried sausage : BOLOGNA
4-down – Join group on top of Everest : UNITE
5-down – Essay from Dr No, with diagram : MONOGRAPH
6-down – Amphibian that’s burrowed down for food? : TOADINTHEHOLE
7-down – Idle talk about it, King Edward’s spats : GAITERS
8-down – ‘Game in mist spoiled’ – that’s a self-evident statement : TRUISM
10-down – Weathy clientele in freight business : CARRIAGETRADE
15-down – Pet one used for experimentation : GUINEAPIG
16-down – Staunch Conservative rightly depressed : TRUEBLUE
17-down – Conduct inciting rebellion? Head of state ignored issue : EDITION
18-down – Hybrid fruit – tons delivered to Dundee? : TANGELO
19-down – Deficiency in desert : DEFECT
21-down – Irish novelist reportedly having a forbidding appearance : STERN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.