This crossword No. 3255 clues and answers were published on Sun 15 Feb 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3255 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Thinly sliced beef over butter on one : PASTRAMI
5-across – Duck emerging from bird shelter in outskirts of Stranraer : SCOTER
10-across – He abducted Helen in capital : PARIS
11-across – Means of deciding winners from couples describing holiday : TIEBREAKS
12-across – Body of water comprised of three colours : YELLOWSTONELAKE
13-across – Copyright infringer could make head of paper extremely angry : PIRATE
14-across – Uncomplaining convalescent : PATIENT
17-across – Anger shown about boy’s Scott Joplin music : RAGTIME
19-across – Fielding heroine, one trapped by a sly male : AMELIA
21-across – Dog in well? Boy put in well, then left : SPRINGERSPANIEL
23-across – Form quite unpredictable – better discounting both sides : ETIQUETTE
24-across – Card : KNAVE
25-across – Exaggerate concerning reception : OVERDO
26-across – Robe with slit worn by saint – me? : VESTMENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Cartoon character’s father on organ : POPEYE
2-down – Walking in street, waving : STROLLING
3-down – What a church may have organised for trade unions holding ballot at last : RESTORATIONFUND
4-down – Painter, male, in dispute : MATISSE
6-down – Take mercer north, possibly to create a monopoly : CORNERTHEMARKET
7-down – Coronet found in Tahiti, a rarity : TIARA
8-down – Poet is, to sister, remarkable : ROSSETTI
9-down – Get back about company in the capital : RECOUP
15-down – Spain lost, meeting Italy at home in match, so put out : ELIMINATE
16-down – Get on with Oscar, Miranda’s father : PROSPERO
18-down – Social occasions, still extremely tedious : EVENTS
19-down – Serious opera lacking capital before : AUSTERE
20-down – Customer in court defending right : CLIENT
22-down – Breed fish, reportedly : RAISE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.