This crossword No. 3259 clues and answers were published on Sun 15 Mar 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3259 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Embedded in a river in a city down under : YOUREIMF
5-across – Trainee cuddling that girl, an innocent-looking child : CHERUB
9-across – Soporific drug helps eating disorder : SLEEPINGDRAUGHT
11-across – Tense rep felt cup shaking : PLUPERFECT
12-across – Lake in game reserve : MERE
14-across – Very quick approaching new English city : PRESTON
15-across – Vagrant in Bow sits tight, pointing to musicians : OBOISTS
16-across – Item taken from lorry, extremely large : ARTICLE
18-across – Girl heading for Karachi on a busy train : KATRINA
20-across – Start from ‘Go’ : TURN
21-across – Narrow strait in Solent – help required to alter course : HELLESPONT
24-across – Scared, girl and boy eating northern dish : CHICKENMARYLAND
25-across – Food store, kosher, set back across the road : LARDER
26-across – Try to catch words of approval : HEARHEAR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Sit up following a Greek author : YESOP
2-down – Carry out excavation in river : UXECUTE
3-down – A precept I amended to accommodate northern student : EPPRENTICE
4-down – Condemn teen if playing Crosby song : MONTFENCEMEIN
6-down – Car of little value without a roof : HEAP
7-down – Go back on Greek vessel around end of June : REGRESS
8-down – Repeatedly hit the main district in London : BATTERSEA
10-down – Heroic intern from Cook County? : DOCTORKILDARE
13-down – Prophet, for example, coming in to shore, adrift : SOOTHSAYER
14-down – Hard-nosed, like Eliot’s cats? : PRACTICAL
17-down – Row about stray dog : TERRIER
19-down – Quarantine one thus after a certain time : ISOLATE
22-down – Architectural style seen in centre of Cardiff during organised tour : TUDOR
23-down – Might this tourist centre be Heaven on Earth, at first? : SKYE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.