This crossword No. 3222 clues and answers were published on Sun 29 Jun 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3222 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Reduce volume of study, being dim : CONDENSE
5-across – Interference in stable : STATIC
9-across – Gardening machine male wore out : MOWER
10-across – Time to request church to supply work party : TASKFORCE
12-across – Item used in part payment badly rated at home : TRADEIN
13-across – Captain brought in an eastern plant : ANEMONE
14-across – Possibly dig a trench with Ken round vegetable plot : KITCHENGARDEN
17-across – Following a craze to a certain extent : AFTERAFASHION
21-across – Notice father in study, poker-faced : DEADPAN
23-across – Sweet, having hair swept back : DESSERT
24-across – Spanish gent in secret plot, with devious role : CABALLERO
25-across – Good scope for stable lad : GROOM
26-across – Station worker’s drink : PORTER
27-across – Spray is not working, so discard : JETTISON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Arrive at total : COMETO
2-down – Recently developed shopping centre in Suffolk town : NEWMARKET
3-down – Intensely serious boy securing an ‘A’ : EARNEST
4-down – To avoid committing oneself, suppress article on dealer in stolen goods : SITONTHEFENCE
6-down – Fabric found in Welsh river by Greek character : TAFFETA
7-down – Trunk and spreading roots : TORSO
8-down – Diffident, girl on the radio in US state capital : CHEYENNE
11-down – So, terse old man battered this creature : STARNOSEDMOLE
15-down – To con us, concealing annoyance, is risky : DANGEROUS
16-down – Factory worker and I cover millstone : HANDICAP
18-down – Check about beating : REPULSE
19-down – Penetration, in a sense : INSIGHT
20-down – Stumped by foreign name for part of a flower : STAMEN
22-down – Girl in cream beret : AMBER
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.