This crossword No. 3450 clues and answers were published on Sun 18 Nov 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3450 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Fish, after short time, seen in coarse seaweed : TANGLE
4-across – A bad-tempered moment reportedly caused by puzzle : ACROSTIC
9-across – Coup d’état commits church : PUTSCH
10-across – Jam in pupil’s first book! : PRESERVE
12-across – Right answer grasped by terribly flash Dutch painter : FRANSHALS
13-across – Odds nevertheless shortened : EVENS
14-across – But in Scotland, case is good for a group of political advisers : KITCHENCABINET
18-across – After a long period of time, head for a London landmark : MILLENNIUMDOME
20-across – Write a critique on broadcasted variety show : REVUE
22-across – Form of religious observance in state capital, curtailed : SACRAMENT
24-across – King boarding vessel results in a bold headline : STREAMER
25-across – Coming out of restaurant, writer crosses street : BISTRO
26-across – One acted surreptitiously to get story : ANECDOTE
27-across – Medical Officer got up and down : MOROSE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – What an informant may do is endless? : TIPOFF
2-down – A ninth ale ordered for boy! : NATHANIEL
3-down – Spot tailless insect : LOCUS
5-down – Check on topless joint overlooking place of worship in a New Zealand city : CHRISTCHURCH
6-down – Lowly position for the rest of the natives? : OYSTERBED
7-down – Crisply brief, language used after beginning to taxi : TERSE
8-down – A wood preservative Rose applied in shelter : CREOSOTE
11-down – The Channel Tunnel consortium had to to stay solvent : MAKEENDSMEET
15-down – US president in uniform, also, after summit in Cairo : CLEVELAND
16-down – Deputy, without feeling, wrote off : NUMBERTWO
17-down – First-class fare? : AMBROSIA
19-down – Feed with heavy food : STOOGE
21-down – Poetry from overseas : VERSE
23-down – Friend, a fighter by ring : AMIGO
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.