This crossword No. 3715 clues and answers were published on Sun 24 Dec 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3715 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Ditch fish in river? On the contrary : TRENCH
4-across – Time for example consumed by random plan : STRATEGY
9-across – Protest in error about railway : OUTCRY
10-across – Eccentric joke, best around : CRACKPOT
12-across – Author of tales with exhausted villain possessing one unknown power : BEATRIXPOTTER
14-across – Famous sign of assent to protect tribe’s borders : NOTED
15-across – Brief record, hot gem mostly : EPHEMERAL
17-across – Wine waiter right after start of meal in a certain lounge : SOMMELIER
19-across – Film to follow while making jelly : ASPIC
21-across – Learner in tangled web overdrawn in dystopian novel : BRAVENEWWORLD
24-across – Private signal : INTIMATE
25-across – Move restlessly following identification and capture : FIDGET
26-across – Predicted worry about ring, antique : FORETOLD
27-across – Drink during supper, no doubt : PERNOD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Player isn’t robot designed to cover miles : TROMBONIST
2-down – Passage further north of court : EXTRACT
3-down – Case in which vehicle goes over top of roof? : CARTRIDGE
5-down – Bought red car, newly equipped to be more powerful : TURBOCHARGED
6-down – Racecourse firm in days gone by, not soft : ASCOT
7-down – Ruler with energy, politician with heartless delusion : EMPEROR
8-down – Legendary creature still on island : YETI
11-down – Fellows supporting one in authority with a line that’s tentative : EXPERIMENTAL
13-down – Very happy about central element in inquiry detectives explained : ELUCIDATED
16-down – New mail he sorted at the same time : MEANWHILE
18-down – Medium crustacean, not large? Criminal : MOBSTER
20-down – Standard earlier name for model : PARAGON
22-down – Acknowledge commercial with mass appeal : ADMIT
23-down – Able to rise above loud argument : TIFF
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.