This crossword No. 3179 clues and answers were published on Sun 02 Sep 2007 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3179 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – 4’s partner sobbed uncontrollably when cut by heartless Kevin : BEDKNOBS
5-across – Unproductive female’s lost grant : ALLOW
8-across – Stop prisoner bandaging a burn : CARILLON
9-across – Handcuff one arrested by detective hero : CHAIN
10-across – Refrain from talking about the situation? That’s all right : DONTMENTIONIT
13-across – Soar off around five in the afternoons in Sydney? : ARVOS
15-across – Reference book he’s brought into house : THESAURUS
17-across – The Italian record, one about lake, is silly : ILLOGICAL
18-across – Daughter with garden tool makes one duck : DRAKE
19-across – Flattery intended to persuade nimblest hands, possibly : BLANDISHMENTS
23-across – Complete madman losing head : UTTER
24-across – Advocate working on treaty : ATTORNEY
25-across – Novelist able to bear exposure : HARDY
26-across – Having no use for trainers, like Joe Jackson? : SHOELESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Give support to defensive player : BACK
2-down – Hot dog served without starter and laid out : DAREDEVIL
3-down – Material from New York and London lecturer rejected : NYLON
4-down – Handles severe criticism inside bachelor pads : BROOMSTICKS
5-down – Boy leading one over plain : ARCHIBALD
6-down – Close to school, pull in master : LEARN
7-down – One who might sample retsina, we suspect, around Thessaly initially : WINETASTER
11-down – Contest between bitter enemies who knit? : NEEDLEMATCH
12-down – TV character finds herb right inside forest : BASILBRUSH
14-down – Cheese wise, before race? : SAGEDERBY
16-down – What good drivers should have reasoned out about double bend : ROADSENSE
20-down – Film star works endlessly? : ACTOR
21-down – Not a single person in the street’s first house? : NOONE
22-down – Young hawk in spinney, a sparrowhawk : EYAS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.