This crossword No. 3299 clues and answers were published on Sun 20 Dec 2009 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3299 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Candle holder about to be stuck into cake : SCONCE
4-across – Programme information ringed by girl : AGENDA
8-across – Vertical pipe, part of boiler I serviced : RISER
9-across – English poet and Scottish one nearly surrounded by pigs : SWINBURNE
11-across – Anger about British band in part of the US : BIBLEBELT
12-across – Is desperate for massages, reportedly : NEEDS
13-across – Greeting shames incompetent fools, surprisingly : COMPLIMENTS
16-across – See 13 : OFTHESEASON
19-across – Bacteriologist treated tripe : PETRI
21-across – Lazy types exhausted, last in heats : DEADBEATS
23-across – Poet in saddle on eastern hilltop : COLERIDGE
24-across – Mount Carmel’s first section : CLIMB
25-across – Crude fox’s burrow at end of spinney : EARTHY
26-across – Open out a French bap : UNROLL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Writer’s attribute article ignored : SCRIBE
2-down – Almost take place next to principal brought over after duck dish : OSSOBUCCO
3-down – Swear remedy must include touch of sun : CURSE
5-down – Crack crackers and become very angry : GOBANANAS
6-down – Slow-moving shark in harbour : NURSE
7-down – Reluctant to produce a limerick? : AVERSE
9-down – Conceited dandy led the way : SWELLHEADED
10-down – Lacking self-control, consuming alcohol to excess : INTEMPERATE
14-down – A short journey inside border for a venerable old lady : MATRIARCH
15-down – Oarsman in races representing country : SANMARINO
17-down – Parisian gangster quickly hiding heroin : APACHE
18-down – Girl is first person to be murdered : ISABEL
20-down – Left in row for roof worker : TILER
22-down – Meat embargo hampering small company : BACON
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.