This crossword No. 3241 clues and answers were published on Sun 09 Nov 2008 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3241 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Stop copper, a good sort : CUTOFF
4-across – Alarm! Oil running out, here in Texas : AMARILLO
9-across – Mysterious, first half of Cats penned by composer : ARCANE
10-across – Note a pal changed with no effort : ONAPLATE
12-across – Girl volunteers to cage first of hound dogs : IRISHTERRIERS
14-across – Article located in ruins? That’s hearsay : ANECDOTAL
16-across – Painter from eastern state : ERNST
17-across – Colonel knocked back a litre in nearby pub : LOCAL
19-across – This could be best fare : ROASTBEEF
21-across – One who exposes referee? : WHISTLEBLOWER
24-across – I tell lies about one from Jersey, perhaps : ISLANDER
25-across – I rowed angrily with a strange person : WEIRDO
26-across – Ninety, possibly, round centre of Naples, and teeming : INPLENTY
27-across – Paper is written after the end of Michaelmas : THESIS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Generous daily, albeit misguidedly : CHARITABLE
2-down – Pleasant to touch, climbing cat I let out : TACTILE
3-down – Fine island bird : FINCH
5-down – Drink fizzy wine and rare malt : MINERALWATER
6-down – Mean about gift : REPRESENT
7-down – I suffer over boy’s affair : LIAISON
8-down – Frank, old writer : OPEN
11-down – Withdraw, exhausted, to a sanctuary : BEATARETREAT
13-down – Where teachers may be, in form fatso’s vandalised : STAFFROOMS
15-down – Flirting, daughter before marriage : DALLIANCE
18-down – Female creature’s sitting on border flower : COWSLIP
20-down – Yachtswoman Tracy saw red, drifting round close to dockyard : EDWARDS
22-down – Doctor about to inject into raised part of foot : LEECH
23-down – Sister’s short skirt : MINI
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.