This crossword No. 3172 clues and answers were published on Sun 15 Jul 2007 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3172 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Deliberately purchase, on the phone, a selection : BYCHOICE
5-across – Quarrels with son going to dice game : SCRAPS
9-across – Close to girl in strong wind : NEARGALE
10-across – Prepare extensive area : DOMAIN
12-across – What poet had to say, on about obvious statement from Douglas? : NOMANISANISLAND
13-across – Take off from runway : STRIP
15-across – Typically, a Girl Guide initially wears one : ONAVERAGE
16-across – Reportedly studied island attracting alien fish : REDMULLET
18-across – Mites in mattress covers : TICKS
21-across – Poet, for example, taken aback by our cheery caff, surprisingly : GEOFFREYCHAUCER
23-across – Show signs of improving appearance at Oxford? : LOOKUP
24-across – Leave empty : CLEAROUT
25-across – Say no to litter : REFUSE
26-across – Stone circle in outskirts of Chester, by old elm set back by church : CROMLECH
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Fruit and nuts : BANANAS
2-down – One playing with snake daily, almost bare : CHARMER
3-down – Agency that’s good, located in Algerian port : ORGAN
4-down – Cut some lamb, yesterday’s roast? : COLDSHOULDER
6-down – Birds settle in elevated lookout platform : CROWSNEST
7-down – The kind of book that may be read upside-down? : AGASAGA
8-down – Denise and I abroad indefinitely : SINEDIE
11-down – Especially popular item : INPARTICULAR
14-down – Old golfwear, extra loud, belonging to us : PLUSFOURS
16-down – Full-time soldier’s uniform : REGULAR
17-down – In decline, fall asleep : DROPOFF
19-down – Ride a bike, holding on in tropical storm : CYCLONE
20-down – Withdraw with a minor injury : SCRATCH
22-down – Danger warning received by Territorial Army : ALARM
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.