This crossword No. 3646 clues and answers were published on Sun 21 Aug 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3646 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Break shower control : RESTRAIN
5-across – Delay brought about by cut in pace : GALLOP
9-across – Quiet revolutionary in scrap : SHRED
10-across – Absolutely out of action? Correct : DOWNRIGHT
12-across – Playing part, is dunce lacking experience? : UNPRACTISED
13-across – Frighten bovine animal : COW
14-across – Great stuff about spies, unknown outwardly : SUPERFICIALLY
17-across – Thieving identified after match? : LIGHTFINGERED
21-across – For support, sacrificing pawn : PRO
22-across – Tall plant unfamiliar to me was weed : MEADOWSWEET
23-across – Do I hear weirdly commercial band? : RADIOHEAD
24-across – Sphere’s true mass : REALM
25-across – Place with comfort and delight : PLEASE
26-across – Warm run with one aim in race : FRIENDLY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Salvage engineers head for scene, prompt : RESCUE
2-down – Markings persist in varied form : STRIPES
3-down – Seaside town favoured for special treatment : REDCARPET
4-down – Cooked dinner, teatime not exactly known : INDETERMINATE
6-down – Bitter answer, cold and clear : ACRID
7-down – Reasonable soldier accepted by resident : LOGICAL
8-down – Tips from artist on height and width among rewards in courses : PATHWAYS
11-down – How rapid news developed about good detergent : WASHINGPOWDER
15-down – Set aside reins, ever prepared : INRESERVE
16-down – Nonsense in court about stage before strike : CLAPTRAP
18-down – One from Tyneside taking part in binge or dieting? : GEORDIE
19-down – Stop challenging traditionalist : DIEHARD
20-down – Squat saint, rough, ignoring bishop : STUMPY
22-down – Spirits low on empty days : MOODS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.