This crossword No. 3230 clues and answers were published on Sun 24 Aug 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3230 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Gardener’s aid and another one holding flipping instruments : HOSEPIPE
5-across – A trial is over : ACROSS
9-across – Stealing, after a short time, becomes unimportant : TRIFLING
10-across – Beware of sailors in grotto : CAVERN
12-across – A racing car key he lost in a taxi : HACKNEYCARRIAGE
13-across – Country Romanians sacked : SANMARINO
14-across – Relative, good-natured about ending in game : NIECE
16-across – Admit juvenile’s lost face : ALLOW
18-across – Clients curse most terribly : CUSTOMERS
20-across – Let the cat out of the bag and resign? : GIVETHEGAMEAWAY
23-across – Is king back in country? : ISRAEL
24-across – Positioned in a river in Australian city : ADELAIDE
25-across – Wake in a river, York river : AROUSE
26-across – Suggested for model, diamonds : PROPOSED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Couple smack child : HITCH
2-down – Waterway chaplains rubbished : SHIPCANAL
3-down – Porridge, having a smell, taken in by father : POLENTA
4-down – Girl on exercises, right across island, is a miser : PENNYPINCHER
6-down – Greek, in series, shows annoyance : CHAGRIN
7-down – The final development in home game : OMEGA
8-down – Futile faculty meeting below : SENSELESS
11-down – Complex job scared lad in plant : JACOBSLADDER
13-down – Put up in northern half of country, a paradise : SHANGRILA
15-down – See Wilde’s wild flower : EDELWEISS
17-down – Ridge becomes dry : WITHERS
19-down – Ride? Finished circuit : OVERLAP
21-down – Domineering woman ignoring a sign : VIRGO
22-down – Deliver product : YIELD
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.