This crossword No. 3871 clues and answers were published on Sun 20 Dec 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3871 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Frustrate a sad don desperately wanting liquor : SCOTCHANDSODA
8-across – Prime minister’s toast : BROWN
9-across – Knocked back most of milk, beefcake and cheese : LIMBURGER
11-across – With greed, ekes out rice dishes : KEDGEREES
12-across – Oddly, I’ll finance hippy, if you will? : ILIAC
13-across – Bold to take starter of langoustine and honey : DARLING
15-across – Vessel raised, offering sauce : KETCHUP
17-across – EU not invested in neural net that might produce illumination : LANTERN
19-across – Adorned conifer with daughter : SPRUCED
21-across – Sweden, on reflection: open country : SYRIA
23-across – Wild green site? : SERENGETI
25-across – Given a rôle, Everyman’s not ‘hollow and flat’ : APARTMENT
26-across – Disassemble runner hinge regularly : UNRIG
27-across – Chaps! Chaps! Open up! Duck’s wanting something to drink! : PEACHSCHNAPPS
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Primarily: clams, herbs, onions which Delawarans eat regularly? : CHOWDER
3-down – Part of fork securing bad blood orange : TANGERINE
4-down – Healthy to eat vegetarian option that’s cut in two : HALVE
5-down – King Henry VIII had seven of these! : NAMESAKES
6-down – South German car: one’s seen in Middle East : SAUDI
7-down – After egg, girlfriend tucked into platter that’s a kind of seafood : DOGFISH
8-down – Dessert’s bad: a sake and trimmed kale cocktail : BAKEDALASKA
10-down – Mix up cider, gin and drop of Drambuie for comforting dessert : RICEPUDDING
14-down – Golf with dread and hesitant sounds, seeing the roughs : GANGSTERS
16-down – Angry words with Greek character about the French being … hairy : TARANTULA
18-down – Ran up fee for detail : NARRATE
20-down – Lychee Rupert’s eaten for comfort : CHEERUP
22-down – Pedantically suppressing a bit of fun : ANTIC
24-down – Strain sounding like one that’s miserable : RETCH
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.