This crossword No. 3296 clues and answers were published on Sun 29 Nov 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3296 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Lighten a wicked vile tale : ALLEVIATE
6-across – Put a price on a rib : COSTA
9-across – To walk or run away is acceptable : LEGIT
10-across – Braggart in flash trap : LOUDMOUTH
11-across – Friend goes with many a sailor : MATELOT
12-across – A command to break old man’s kneecap : PATELLA
13-across – Undertake a task till . . .? : PUTONESHAND
15-across – : TOTHEPLOUGH
19-across – Went by, pleased for a change : ELAPSED
21-across – Errand boy collecting wicked loot : PILLAGE
22-across – Gad about with suitor round centre of St Ives? : GALLIVANT
23-across – Toddler, alone, hasn’t one that’s full : TOTAL
24-across – Girl from Brentford or Isleworth : DORIS
25-across – Look at key in surprise : EYEOPENER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Ardent Liberal fuelling a reputation : AFLAME
2-down – Start smoking in open view at college : LIGHTUP
3-down – Quantitative data Miss World will have supplied? : VITALSTATISTICS
4-down – Suddenly everyone’s in agreement, including Conservative’s leader : ALLATONCE
5-down – Provide witty remark after end of joke : EQUIP
6-down – A period required after to reach end : COMETOAFULLSTOP
7-down – Filthy group of soldiers briefly given cover : SQUALID
8-down – Religious retreat in wood run by a spymaster : ASHRAM
14-down – Sailor about to collect special gunpowder ingredient : SALTPETRE
15-down – Creeping plant in home on wheels : TRAILER
16-down – A number, following try, cheer : HEARTEN
17-down – Bishop, encouraged, asked for money : BEGGED
18-down – One who instructs cashier : TELLER
20-down – Elizabethan sailor died a dissolute man : DRAKE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.