This crossword No. 3499 clues and answers were published on Sun 27 Oct 2013 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3499 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Superb parrot and chimpanzee, for example : GREATAPE
5-across – US soldiers holding turncoat without charge : GRATIS
9-across – Phone about small error in notice : DISMISSAL
11-across – Tot before a play : DRAMA
12-across – Oarsmen scoffed, by the sound of it : EIGHT
13-across – Briefly run across street musicians : ORGANISTS
14-across – Unhappy keeping scholarly woman : BLUESTOCKING
18-across – Joining friendly US transportation company : UNIONPACIFIC
21-across – Promising illumination after power comes on : PLIGHTING
23-across – Merle Haggard in —– Gantry? : ELMER
24-across – Rebuke daughter deserved : RATED
25-across – Sculpted near Loire, previously : EARLIERON
26-across – Popular Bellini opera opening in London : NORMAL
27-across – Sloth, perhaps, attendee suffered : EDENTATE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Ingenious device, specially tagged : GADGET
2-down – Flag officer in the US navy : ENSIGN
3-down – Sporting event at Hilton arranged to include foremost of runners : TRIATHLON
4-down – Following surgery, worker goes after job : POSTOPERATIVE
6-down – Element causing trouble in the Navy : RADON
7-down – Send on first of mail put into carriage : TRANSMIT
8-down – Gesture involving sailors in house : STARSIGN
10-down – Blonde felt inclined to steal : LIGHTFINGERED
15-down – Standard chapter on interior design : CRITERION
16-down – Work out drive required with club : PUMPIRON
17-down – Clergyman, one entering cathedral : MINISTER
19-down – Cheers after Rome’s broken conspiracy of silence : OMERTA
20-down – Rim of bell cast in iron : FRINGE
22-down – Monster in lengthy 11 : HYDRA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.