This crossword No. 3944 clues and answers were published on Sun 15 May 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3944 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Monsoon, so golf’s abandoned: here’s a good book! : SONGOFSOLOMON
8-across – Shy actors : CAST
9-across – Edifies the vacuous English knight in need of reform : ENLIGHTENS
10-across – Largely superficial on-screen device : CURSOR
11-across – Feline coils wool : TOMHANKS
12-across – Everyman’s retreated inside, mean Northern heavyweight wanting a game : BADMINTON
14-across – Judge issued punishment verbally : FIND
15-across – What’s found in some sausages? : SAGE
16-across – Bringing off the boil, begin clam stews : BECALMING
20-across – Hearty piece of steak and drinks : CORDIALS
21-across – Back-to-front Italian headgear worn by one in Gauguin’s subject : TAHITI
23-across – Playing Castle : CATSCRADLE
24-across – Perhaps Murdoch’s integral to Blairism? : IRIS
25-across – Honest type dated cameraman : SQUARESHOOTER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Implement argument over university city in California : SPATULA
2-down – Jottings offering twisted attack : NOTES
3-down – Exceed a single in cricket after six balls : OVERRUN
4-down – Cracks up and leaves a ship on 15th March? : SPLITSONESSIDES
5-down – Fleshy tissue and starter of escargots with the French bean : LEGUME
6-down – Losing time, ultimatums resolved, needing interdependence : MUTUALISM
7-down – Rector leaving, no drinks drunk, not slipping about : NONSKID
13-down – Converted Siam dough in Indian Ocean port : MOGADISHU
15-down – Mottos without … without function : SLOGANS
17-down – Initially, arty Roaring Twenties design embracing chrome ornamentation! : ARTDECO
18-down – Better-dressed nephew : NATTIER
19-down – More above board with fewer clouds seen : FAIRER
22-down – One lacking faith not at bank job : HEIST
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.