This crossword No. 3543 clues and answers were published on Sun 31 Aug 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3543 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Cave deposit, old – work on it inside : STALACTITE
6-across – Cheerful on a trip : HIGH
10-across – Excuse a crack about bishop : ABSOLVE
11-across – Pilot coming from Ottawa, via Toronto : AVIATOR
12-across – Writer, King, with terribly fine whittling tool : PENKNIFE
13-across – Perry’s Della in the way? : STREET
15-across – Honour beloved heroine : GRACEDARLING
18-across – Yearns to meet rider dropping off son, a docker : LONGSHOREMAN
21-across – Pair left in four-seater car : COUPLE
22-across – Pop out during present sit-in : STOPPAGE
24-across – Sieve, small, lost in coach : TRAINER
25-across – Worker settled in sound city in New Mexico : SANTAFE
26-across – Uniform happening to be short : EVEN
27-across – Prince not returning for a dance : CHARLESTON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Rogue, one providing seafood : SCAMPI
2-down – Nod when ordered to go : ASSENT
3-down – Tired out, girls went swimming, freestyle : ALLINWRESTLING
4-down – Article on vote cast for act in talent show : THEXFACTOR
5-down – A drop in drink, drop of rum? : TEAR
7-down – Fearless, I printed anyhow : INTREPID
8-down – Male must leave retreat to claim birthright : HERITAGE
9-down – Cake covering – top is a spread : VICTORIASPONGE
14-down – Part of a newspaper’s title? Readers initially voted it changed : ADVERTISER
16-down – Formal or unofficial relationship : BLACKTIE
17-down – Brood at home on Caribbean island, extremely tactile : INCUBATE
19-down – Empty tin inside large container : VACANT
20-down – River cut off any number : SEVERN
23-down – Leading procession miles away : ARCH
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.