This crossword No. 3475 clues and answers were published on Sun 12 May 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3475 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Show amusement about one as daft as a brush, say : SIMILE
4-across – Convincing Roman Catholic to admit weakness? Just the opposite : FORCIBLE
9-across – Old boy stretched, in shape : OBLONG
10-across – Nonsense written in columns exposing clowns : PIERROTS
11-across – Goddess seen in play : VENUSOBSERVED
14-across – Eminent newspaper framed by the US actress, Myrna : LOFTY
16-across – Sort of beer – not lagers, oddly : STRONGALE
17-across – Ivy, perhaps, always pale and sickly-looking : EVERGREEN
19-across – From Soho, telephone the Savoy, perhaps : HOTEL
20-across – Our host, hidden away, poured drinks : DIDTHEHONOURS
23-across – Begin a journey in craft with sturdy exterior : STARTOUT
24-across – Trumpet playing drowned by cor anglais, initially : CORONA
25-across – Looks at head, uneasy in a visor : EYESHADE
26-across – Sculpted figure of Nehru finally acquired by nation : STATUE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – End bombardment with a delicate tennis stroke : STOPVOLLEY
2-down – Fruit from Middle East – large ones? Not half! : MELON
3-down – Girl soprano, Jenny, for example : LINDSAY
5-down – Peace offering from bachelor in 7 around 5 : OLIVEBRANCH
6-down – A Romany leader entering Irish county in a mobile home : CARAVAN
7-down – Outspoken actors in show : BROADCAST
8-down – Bridge player, poorest having lost pounds : EAST
12-down – Dog’s plus point husband discovered during spring : BASSETHOUND
13-down – Property not supposed to be taken to car : REALESTATE
15-down – Pick up food for bird : FIELDFARE
18-down – Attempt, with wife, to share expenses equally : GODUTCH
19-down – Spend time relaxing in lodge : HANGOUT
21-down – Worried about vessel : UBOAT
22-down – Man, perhaps, in his Levi’s : ISLE
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.