This crossword No. 3555 clues and answers were published on Sun 23 Nov 2014 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3555 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Benefits from book by novelist, Doris’s last : BLESSINGS
6-across – Shoot bishop after all others : BLAST
9-across – Punch a mate : CHINA
10-across – Big top musical? Backing provisional : TENTATIVE
11-across – Actor, in the guise of Scottish king, about to wade across behind duke : ROBERTREDFORD
13-across – Drunk loiters in a Portuguese resort : ESTORIL
14-across – An expert in Pennsylvania helps to produce a universal remedy : PANACEA
16-across – Ruby? Girl in former tin mining town : REDRUTH
18-across – Vulgar about Salvation Army campaign : CRUSADE
19-across – Baffling drama? Pretend not to be interested : PLAYHARDTOGET
22-across – House in historic city : LANCASTER
23-across – Miss Grey, a long time entertaining knight : AGNES
24-across – Box containing English throwing weapon : SPEAR
25-across – Began to check boundary not rigorously fixed : OPENENDED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Reverse taxi over, parking at centre : BACK
2-down – Moved abroad – good being in Dubai, for example, with daughter : EMIGRATED
3-down – Groucho’s Bar playing show song : SCARBOROUGHFAIR
4-down – Turning brown – Russian river, as is to be expected : NATURAL
5-down – Star member up in tanning area? : SUNTRAP
6-down – Gunner grabbed unexpectedly, crossing at a landmark near to Checkpoint Charlie : BRANDENBURGGATE
7-down – I travel, giving support to a male friend : AMIGO
8-down – Fail to make any progress, as war treated suspiciously : TREADWATER
12-down – Chief city in Middle East – large container port set up : METROPOLIS
15-down – Humiliated Conservative hurried : CHASTENED
17-down – Hornblower’s short speech after end of skirmish : HORATIO
18-down – Group from lake bed shown first : COTERIE
20-down – Girl, one interrupting queen : ANNIE
21-down – Exploited group in House, Democrats : USED
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.