This crossword No. 3969 clues and answers were published on Sun 06 Nov 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3969 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Brief, displaying discretion : DIRECTIONS
6-across – At the outset, ‘Terrible’ sort; aristocratic Russian! : TSAR
9-across – Heavily stomp over boundary where sportsperson may jump : TRAMPOLINE
10-across – Laid back? Don’t touch that… ! : DIAL
11-across – Following calm, canoe lost in vast watery expanse : PACIFICOCEAN
15-across – A doctor, way back, that’s describing a gland : ADRENAL
16-across – $10,149 for Banksy piece? : STENCIL
17-across – Perhaps change revolted expression on initially seeing nibbles : CASHEWS
19-across – At sea, Sea Lord primes weaponry again : RELOADS
20-across – Two moons fail to display Newtonian principles : LAWSOFMOTION
23-across – Heard, in short walk, an aquatic bird : TERN
24-across – Eccentric star is paid with indoor plant : ASPIDISTRA
25-across – Retired horse unhappy to race : DASH
26-across – Compromised? Stop seething : ENDANGERED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See what you can get from a palm tree : DATE
2-down – Money in imperialism : RIAL
3-down – Better nominate extraordinary explorer : CAPTAINNEMO
4-down – Everyman shall pass on acrimony : ILLWILL
5-down – Fools childminders : NINNIES
7-down – It has white and brown meat, bird cooked with capers : SPIDERCRAB
8-down – Stern seller sent bananas : RELENTLESS
12-down – Watching from above … or not noticing at all? : OVERLOOKING
13-down – Was divisive, perhaps premeditated : CALCULATED
14-down – This is one of those tirades : CROSSWORDS
18-down – Ultimately, Marge’s troublemaker lad? : SIMPSON
19-down – Drink some clarets inappropriately : RETSINA
21-down – Lead actor that’s over 8 on board? : STAR
22-down – The French rehashed gutted calorific ingredient : LARD
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.