This crossword No. 3281 clues and answers were published on Sun 16 Aug 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3281 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Briton most caricatured? Ted Heath, perhaps : TROMBONIST
6-across – Triple acrostic’s appeal : PLEA
9-across – Polish ring for opera singer : BUFFO
10-across – Plots against king described by secret agents : CONSPIRES
12-across – A rest cut short : ABRIDGE
13-across – Alison naughtily seducing one contact : LIAISON
14-across – Discovery holiday’s over : BREAKTHROUGH
18-across – Faces sanctions : COUNTENANCES
21-across – Distraught parent embracing wife in port : ANTWERP
22-across – Total of wages paid in Scottish town collated by head : PAYROLL
23-across – From tub, sailors will supply a scented preparation : BATHSALTS
24-across – Derelict male into gin : TRAMP
25-across – Flat race, perhaps, not quite finished : EVEN
26-across – Pedlars lie about a sandal : ESPADRILLE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Boy in boat is ill : TOBIAS
2-down – Eager, individual protecting tree : ONFIRE
3-down – Ruby worries about Rex in play : BLOODBROTHERS
4-down – Hot in pleasant corner : NICHE
5-down – Wearing vest, a person not in a long-term relationship? : SINGLETON
7-down – Make mischief, given encouragement in plant : LARKSPUR
8-down – A bishop’s vice – the drink : ABSINTHE
11-down – Plain secretive type produces a hangover cure? : PRAIRIEOYSTER
15-down – Short answer involving Italian city and one in the US : ANNAPOLIS
16-down – Scratch game : SCRABBLE
17-down – Crafty to include it in caption : SUBTITLE
19-down – Extra drama before dance : NOBALL
20-down – Pass English, then blunder : ELAPSE
22-down – After a dish that’s Italian : PASTA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.