This crossword No. 3866 clues and answers were published on Sun 15 Nov 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3866 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Fetch coals, kindling and what to clean up with : FACECLOTHS
6-across – Bar, one offering pork pie that’s been recalled : RAIL
9-across – Spooner’s to be bold enough to divulge honest transaction : SQUAREDEAL
10-across – Block and bar : STOP
12-across – Island in plaza renovated with evenly built-in stone : LAPISLAZULI
15-across – Hard seeing stories’ heroes topless, wanting clothing : HOODIES
16-across – Smoothly operated, not beginning to see bureaucracy : REDTAPE
17-across – Farfalle grocer hides quickly : ALLEGRO
19-across – Seen in sonar: ‘Whale … another whale’ : NARWHAL
20-across – Make improvements to cello lacking content in performance : RECONDITION
23-across – China about to tip over, making loud noise : CLAP
24-across – Not changing oil, I’m not coming home for starters, having broken down : MONOLITHIC
25-across – What makes breeze breathe? : LISP
26-across – Sportspeople fight in front of nightspot : ROWINGCLUB
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Not eating quickly : FAST
2-down – Every now and then, coloured part of puzzle : CLUE
3-down – Grins, having coal and gin prepared for festive event : CAROLSINGING
4-down – Everyman put in dictionary: ‘pu‘s a Greek character’ : OEDIPUS
5-down – Animal’s eaten acre, made to go on run, sounding less healthy : HOARSER
7-down – A renowned tennis hero; universally respected American sportsman; his excellence spotted early on? : ARTHURASHE
8-down – Crookedly makes cuts, unedifyingly including education : LOPSIDEDLY
11-down – How bells may be sounded: loudly, expressing distress : HANDWRINGING
13-down – Dramatic recital that almost worked : THEATRICAL
14-down – Old scrawl’s deciphered with unparalleled skill : WORLDCLASS
18-down – Regularly dropping oars, I annoy cox endlessly leading us to river : ORINOCO
19-down – Safari destination’s Guyana; I rob ibises’ nests : NAIROBI
21-down – Pulse noted as children’s author has heart transplant : DHAL
22-down – Ultimately, this taxi’s not one loved by unions : SCAB
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.