This crossword No. 3773 clues and answers were published on Sun 03 Feb 2019 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3773 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Preens: repeatedly improves make-up, plucks and shaves – just for starters! : PRIMPS
4-across – Taken aback in lilac, I’m initially hostile : INIMICAL
9-across – Unorthodox priest presents wit from France : ESPRIT
10-across – This person may be a professor: it’s irrelevant : ACADEMIC
12-across – Unsettle, unsettle and make spectacles : LUNETTES
13-across – Appeal of ‘hysterical’ Laurel : ALLURE
15-across – Lots of Netherlanders? : DUTCHAUCTION
18-across – Candid features? One gives nothing away : STRAIGHTFACE
21-across – Makes born again, putting Bible classes before recent events : RENEWS
22-across – The Arles together? : ENSEMBLE
24-across – Former husband, reformed rioter, is outside : EXTERIOR
25-across – Seedy, the French housing? ‘That hurts!’ : LOUCHE
26-across – ‘You don’t see loafers on this,’ she’d clue cryptically : SCHEDULE
27-across – Most of December in commercial outlet : ADVENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Caught interrupting musical intro in bar : PRECLUDE
2-down – Mischief-maker’s solidarity bringing impossibility of punishment : IMPUNITY
3-down – Celebrate winter at the pond, drunk : PAINTTHETOWNRED
5-down – Thieve where thieves are : NICK
6-down – Safe place for dangerous drivers? : MIDDLEOFTHEROAD
7-down – French novelist is seen around quiet college grounds : CAMPUS
8-down – Servant given black eye endlessly : LACKEY
11-down – Reading-Paddington’s home straits, approaching London primarily : PERUSAL
14-down – Little saint getting on with putting on a show : STAGING
16-down – Sounds like the dolls are lined up to cook burgers, say : BARBECUE
17-down – Always tore around showing great respect : REVERENT
19-down – Olympian team stinks, going after gold at first : GREEKS
20-down – Headlouse seen in school, briefly? I’m telling! : SNITCH
23-down – Globally evens out, revealing an end : GOAL
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.