This crossword No. 3274 clues and answers were published on Sun 28 Jun 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3274 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – VIPs sent back prize money : TOPBRASS
5-across – Slang for a variety of zircon : JARGON
9-across – Girl, pretty small type : PEARL
10-across – Preoccupation of old boy before meeting : OBSESSION
12-across – Film director affected one acting : CAMPION
13-across – Seriousness shown by boy hugging adult : EARNEST
14-across – Chess ending overwhelmed friend : SMOTHEREDMATE
17-across – Train – direct, say : ORIENTEXPRESS
21-across – Spanish boy in queer comic : ENRIQUE
22-across – Short girl on a keyboard instrument : CELESTA
24-across – Body of water, in a desert, he polluted : THEREDSEA
25-across – Place to meet briefly with sun goddess : VENUS
26-across – Artificial, some flowers at zoo : ERSATZ
27-across – Fish – vet catching tons : STURGEON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Predictable? In part, yes? : TYPECAST
2-down – Song prize split by son : PSALM
3-down – Courtier and a girl he aroused : RALEIGH
4-down – Crack on sale by river vexes some upper-class young ladies : SLOANERANGERS
6-down – A small country in an ancient kingdom : ASSYRIA
7-down – Piece about one girl about to become a legendary paramour : GUINEVERE
8-down – Joe perhaps, quite an age : NINETY
11-down – Drug dealer, one not hanging about? : SPEEDMERCHANT
15-down – Sold roués bubbly without a distinctive smell : ODOURLESS
16-down – Hit man, for instance, on cheek, at home : ASSASSIN
18-down – In pursuance of an investigation : INQUEST
19-down – Bother a tennis star after end of championship : PALAVER
20-down – Heart and clubs put down, reportedly : CENTRE
23-down – One-way ticket left out for char : SINGE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.