This crossword No. 3917 clues and answers were published on Sun 07 Nov 2021 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3917 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Not just any flyer for a movie? : THEAVIATOR
6-across – Russian ruler ‘beats a retreat’ … bottles it : TSAR
9-across – Employee appraisal at the House of Lords? : PEERREVIEW
10-across – Repelled a raven, largely predatory beast : ORCA
12-across – Deaf-ish nans treated, being well looked after : INSAFEHANDS
15-across – More sickly, kind of green, perhaps slalomer’s heading off : PEAKIER
16-across – Morally improved duke earlier, becoming exalted : DEIFIED
17-across – Artist’s empty landscapes’ sad lines : LSLOWRY
19-across – Hates seeing sights with son not about : DETESTS
20-across – A sad, a bleak king ordered pudding : BAKEDALASKA
23-across – In France, one is where courses take a long time to get through : UNIS
24-across – Hoping for an ‘h’ sound : ASPIRATION
25-across – Made pencil portrait of Andy : DREW
26-across – Brand new day, etc, for coward : SCAREDYCAT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Gratuities regularly shunned; at a push, Everyman will chip in : TIPS
2-down – Days before, golfer becomes upset : EVES
3-down – State broadcast assessed value of Wimbledon champ : VIRGINIAWADE
4-down – Guide daughter to wear a sun-blocker : ADVISOR
5-down – Lover Federer admits was excessively giving? : OVERFED
7-down – Spirited grittiness, tough in the extreme : STRINGIEST
8-down – To talk with enthusiasm in talk about hard earth is exhausting at first : RHAPSODISE
11-down – This acid rain alarmed campaigners : CHRISTIANAID
13-down – Mesmerized by Alexander Graham’s weight, according to Spooner : SPELLBOUND
14-down – Arrangement of elements: potassium, nickel, iron and silver, in part : TABLEKNIFE
18-down – Membrane unusually scaly? OK … : YOLKSAC
19-down – File ‘requiring less effort’, fancifully? : DOSSIER
21-down – Realize, after losing six balls: it’s a record : DISC
22-down – Commonly, Norseman underestimating tides, primarily? : CNUT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.