This crossword No. 3971 clues and answers were published on Sun 20 Nov 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3971 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Grant’s making excuses? : ALLOWANCES
6-across – An idiot right now : ASAP
9-across – Flag-waving Irishman: a funny fellow is Mark : PATRIOTISM
10-across – Pitch in triplets regularly ignored : TILT
11-across – Following criticism, the French defend starter of ‘succulent’ spiny fish : STICKLEBACKS
15-across – Medicine’s supposed to suppress frigidity : ICINESS
16-across – Two presents that cannot be found : NOWHERE
17-across – Witch carrying hat’s deformed: it’s a sign : HASHTAG
19-across – Mediterranean port seen three times, might you say? : TRIPOLI
20-across – Lee’s jetpack’s malfunctioning, as you might see atop churches? : STEEPLEJACKS
23-across – In Paris, that woman’s twelfth letter read aloud : ELLE
24-across – They’re adjacent to S. Australians – and Georgians : VICTORIANS
25-across – Son with difficulty rejected fizzy drink : SODA
26-across – Brings in crazy reductions : INTRODUCES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Foremost points seen in altitudinous Liechtenstein, predominantly snowy? : ALPS
2-down – Supporting dated language in brief, Everyman’s beginning to be behind the times : LATE
3-down – Flitting about with topless drunk : WHISTLESTOP
4-down – Doesn’t ignore adverts : NOTICES
5-down – One’s lip quivers seeing character from Greece : EPSILON
7-down – Set off with it : SWITCHEDON
8-down – Asperities ruined cake shop : PATISSERIE
12-down – Moustachioed Jacobi’s island hotel: sign of disuse shown up : BEWHISKERED
13-down – What might describe marksmen who visit places of interest? : SIGHTSEERS
14-down – Endlessly young woman performed magic, as in Tolkein, say? : MISSPELLED
18-down – Fusty term for European: ‘befuddled, Germanic, not married’ : GRECIAN
19-down – Electrical device, one that tests for poison : TOASTER
21-down – I appreciate that Lucy oddly selected bathroom powder : TALC
22-down – Employs some house servants : USES
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.