This crossword No. 3412 clues and answers were published on Sun 26 Feb 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3412 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Expectation of the man taking work on board : HOPE
3-across – Trying on red heels and short trousers : LEDERHOSEN
10-across – Ready examples of rehearsed moves : SETPIECES
11-across – Dexterous lady primarily brought in to make earthenware : DELFT
12-across – Smart choice crossing river : PRICK
13-across – Look at key and wonder? : EYEOPENER
14-across – Key issue in 2011, say : PRIMENUMBER
18-across – A Muse could make poets richer : TERPSICHORE
21-across – Play tune no end, hit by Armstrong originally : MELODRAMA
23-across – Respond emotionally about turn : REACT
24-across – Extremist in Kabul, traitor : ULTRA
25-across – Special revolutionary character : REDLETTER
26-across – It may bring comfort to a child, receiving love if throaty, suffering : TOOTHFAIRY
27-across – Cold, and sore throat : CRAW
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Weed round front of semi with instrument, gardening aid : HOSEPIPE
2-down – Girl, aristocratic? Not quite : PATRICIA
4-down – Former cashier, we hear, in a royal treasury : EXCHEQUER
5-down – Follow unseen, mostly in disguise : ENSUE
6-down – Reportedly conceal Scottish explorer, with difficulty, in a West End location : HYDEPARKCORNER
7-down – Famous lawgiver given good farewell : SOLONG
8-down – Kind disposition : NATURE
9-down – Highly amused, choose the odd tale to be broadcast : TICKLEDTODEATH
15-down – Onlooker before with rest shivering outside : BYSTANDER
16-down – Talk idly about award? It doesn’t make any difference : NOMATTER
17-down – How earth may be turned into an airport : HEATHROW
19-down – Size of a horse used for riding : AMOUNT
20-down – Bachelor by house, extremely drunk : BLOTTO
22-down – Vessel from Kenya or Tanzania : AORTA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.