This crossword No. 3250 clues and answers were published on Sun 11 Jan 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3250 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Punctuation mark in line Cosmo translated : SEMICOLON
6-across – Give birth to first of litter in den : CALVE
9-across – Relief comes as swelling is reduced round central part of hock : LOCUM
10-across – They sell irons and balls : GUNSMITHS
11-across – Entirely the responsibility of Old Trafford? : DOWNTOTHEGROUND
12-across – Type of necktie a Caledonian produces : ASCOT
14-across – Trite remark made by chap finally given free rein : PLATITUDE
17-across – Shopkeeper burst into tears : STATIONER
18-across – Freely available religious work described by senior citizen : ONTAP
19-across – Sales talk – head of investments trots out a cliché : ITTAKESALLSORTS
22-across – The case for a range of investments? : PORTFOLIO
23-across – One invading island, part of Asia Minor : IONIA
24-across – Hungarian pianist’s record? Sounds like it : LISZT
25-across – Left a station, badly polluted, to cross heart of Burundi : PULLEDOUT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Speaks about a western actor in musical : SALADDAYS
2-down – Parrot, first to mimic a cry of another bird : MACAW
3-down – Regain consciousness, fine and well after knockout, by the way : COMETOTHINKOFIT
4-down – Spot comic holing short putt : LIGHTUPON
5-down – Child molester in prison on Cephalonia : NONCE
6-down – I name rhinoceros – wild no matter what the circumstances may be : COMERAINORSHINE
7-down – Spill the beans about that in French resort : LETOUQUET
8-down – Died down then stopped, after opener dismissed : EASED
13-down – Crime writer in school is representing house : CHARTERIS
15-down – Hoax victim left most of food girl brought round : APRILFOOL
16-down – Peasants set out around noon, by the way : ENPASSANT
19-down – One member the Spanish push forward : IMPEL
20-down – Shropshire lad initially cast in silly soap : SALOP
21-down – Head of ruling party checking on a rota, maybe : RONDO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.