This crossword No. 3297 clues and answers were published on Sun 06 Dec 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3297 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Dizzy blonde? : LIGHTHEADED
9-across – Film, hidden from view on occasion : BLINDDATE
10-across – Caricature of girl in opera, lead in Carmen : MIMIC
11-across – Essayist is overwhelmed by extra charge : ADDISON
12-across – Abstemious – tea user, possibly : AUSTERE
13-across – Gloomy day – sail out across mouth of Mersey : DISMAL
14-across – Pretty girls using extortion in plant : LOVELIES
17-across – See 14 : BLEEDING
18-across – A dry heat out East, all things considered : ATTHAT
21-across – Master in pain through most of term : TEACHER
23-across – Firm not persuaded : UNMOVED
24-across – After hours, a lecturer was wearing : HADON
25-across – He, say, must stand in front of church to make an announcement : PRONOUNCE
26-across – Argue in protest about WW1 battle charge after commencement of truce : REMONSTRATE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Servant, 13, with day off : LADYSMAID
2-down – Old woman, awfully angry, penning note : GRANNY
3-down – Lawrence of Arabia’s birthplace – Democrat misdirected : TREMADOC
4-down – Girl’s TV awards : EMMYS
5-down – Golden Globe winning actress may make heaviest demand : DAMEEDITHEVANS
6-down – The Lord of the Flies novelist? : DICKENS
7-down – A plank on a ship, perhaps : ABOARD
8-down – Uncommonly splendid manure required? Don’t despair : NILDESPERANDUM
15-down – Ad lib from retired English politician in shot : EXTEMPORE
16-down – Warehouse, one pretty nearly bust : ENTREPOT
17-down – Killer, hideous brute grabbing child : BUTCHER
19-down – Row about Diane being neater : TIDIER
20-down – Copper getting a cut climbing dome : CUPOLA
22-down – Tennis champion served up nine after holding initially : HENIN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.