This crossword No. 3279 clues and answers were published on Sun 02 Aug 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3279 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Determined, a team’s reserve : SETASIDE
5-across – Dirty place to eat at college : MESSUP
9-across – A strange girl in plant : ARUMLILY
10-across – Country, oil state? : GREECE
11-across – Clubs do to get entrance fee : COVERCHARGE
15-across – Spoil artist in lodgings for a carnival : MARDIGRAS
16-across – Home leased in bay : INLET
17-across – Check about introduction of some hashish, say : RESIN
18-across – Histrionic behaviour in reportedly ripe play : MELODRAMA
19-across – Land with an enormous population? : BROBDINGNAG
23-across – Escort round old flat : BORING
24-across – Not to mention rent, a large one : LETALONE
25-across – Have great respect for noble Italian family backing me : ESTEEM
26-across – Stabbing pains in chest? Sit tight : STITCHES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Celebrity is shocked? Not half! : STAR
2-down – Solicitor heading for trial – not here : TOUT
3-down – Choice made by son upon return? : SELECTION
4-down – Carrier called up about uniform : DELIVERYMAN
6-down – Hare shot across middle of hunting ground : EARTH
7-down – Avoid bullock, easy to see : STEERCLEAR
8-down – Current party needs reforming : PRESENTDAY
12-down – Pretend Len’s awfully brilliant : RESPLENDENT
13-down – Rogue having the skill to conceal rifle is unlikely : IMPROBABLE
14-down – Nobleman could show skill fencing actors, I suspect : ARISTOCRAT
16-down – Cutting remark in pub – social worker is affronted : INDIGNANT
20-down – Poet died at the stake? : DANTE
21-down – Smart petty officer’s height : POSH
22-down – Fewer in Naples smoke : LESS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.