This crossword No. 3712 clues and answers were published on Sun 03 Dec 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3712 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Excess force in confident appeal : SURFEIT
5-across – Answer following reasonable concern : AFFAIR
10-across – Be uncomfortably hot while in bunk : ROAST
11-across – Royal attendants echo doubts about king : EQUERRIES
12-across – Narrow-minded snub, ignoring conclusion by revolutionary artist : INSULAR
13-across – Barrier formed by river, not well : RAILING
14-across – Engine dad had designed for secret purpose : HIDDENAGENDA
18-across – Carefully controlled step by chap getting on : STAGEMANAGED
21-across – No longer working in December, time filled with merriment : DEFUNCT
22-across – Fancy duck followed by seconds in endless meal : SUPPOSE
24-across – Free article, almost useless, with large fit : AVAILABLE
25-across – Tree without decoration by the sound of it : PLANE
26-across – Dates, not normally variable, fixed : STEADY
27-across – Cloud level about right : STRATUS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Spectacle involving skill coming up directly : STRAIGHT
2-down – Spy hoard, stirred to make expression of ecstasy : RHAPSODY
3-down – Praise text, old-fashioned to some extent : EXTOL
4-down – Novel gag, hasty, better after revision : THEGREATGATSBY
6-down – In favour of effort, study taboo : FORBIDDEN
7-down – Sour account about police department on island : ACIDIC
8-down – Extend contract or quit : RESIGN
9-down – Supply officers in region on planet disrupted by alien’s rising : QUARTERMASTERS
15-down – Involved in goal, securing team’s first corner : ENTANGLED
16-down – Upset about soldier with angry speech lacking knowledge : IGNORANT
17-down – Unravelling lies, ends inactivity : IDLENESS
19-down – Principles one compromises? : IDEALS
20-down – Erase error initially supported by very loud expert : EFFACE
23-down – Assistant for each essay : PAPER
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.