This crossword No. 3453 clues and answers were published on Sun 09 Dec 2012 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3453 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Gas let off by a politician : FIREDAMP
5-across – A plank on a yacht maybe : ABOARD
10-across – Month in America below zero : MINUS
11-across – Poverty’s end is seen in reform : NEEDINESS
12-across – Excite them with incredible nursery rhyme : THREEBLINDMICE
14-across – Tar at sea with sail and ropes : LARIATS
15-across – Quite a few cut off by a lake : SEVERAL
17-across – Order to desist, so visit cancelled : CALLOFF
19-across – Choice of words found in short stories beginning differently : DICTION
21-across – Fictional lawyer and policeman row pointing to boundary : MASONDIXONLINE
24-across – Playing air twice : RURITANIA
25-across – Stroll back, then head off : AMBLE
26-across – Notice, on inlet, a large number of ships : ARMADA
27-across – Clergyman never terribly overdrawn? : REVEREND
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Celebrity in stage musical : FAME
2-down – Hacienda owner sprinted and caught the woman : RANCHER
3-down – Criminal element mostly after speed abroad : DESPERADO
4-down – Dog fends tribesman off : MANSBESTFRIEND
6-down – Screen idol, at the end, crashing bore : BLIND
7-down – A row about the Spanish studio : ATELIER
8-down – Send in lady to reform theme park : DISNEYLAND
9-down – Son was sent up by barrister, one provoking debate : DEVILSADVOCATE
13-down – Miserable girl in police van : BLACKMARIA
16-down – Be unsteady, unwell during leave : VACILLATE
18-down – Odd having passionate desire over a period of five years : LUSTRUM
20-down – Soldier taken over impressive base : IGNOBLE
22-down – Well-known record, Donovan’s first : NOTED
23-down – Guide boy round centre of Amsterdam : LEAD
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.