This crossword No. 3972 clues and answers were published on Sun 27 Nov 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3972 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Smug observation, not involving me, to take place : COMPLACENT
6-across – Four letters demanding one reply? : RSVP
9-across – Making a prune a cake’s ingredient : SHORTENING
10-across – Far from sweet, Shakespearean turncoat you and I rejected : BRUT
12-across – What’s sought by Smiley and Scarecrow? : INTELLIGENCE
15-across – Lost energy having run out, took performance-enhancing drugs : DROOPED
16-across – Routine spies’ operation, capturing resistance that’s turned : PROSAIC
17-across – Impertinent behaviour that’s commemorated by a statue : LIBERTY
19-across – Initially ‘Raymond’, autistic, in notable movie also named …? : RAINMAN
20-across – Forgetful episode: having ingested iodine, Spaniard meets consequence : SENIORMOMENT
23-across – Some Cabernet and a bird : ERNE
24-across – Member of ‘Generation Y’ converted a linen mill : MILLENNIAL
25-across – Sample a slice of white sturgeon : TEST
26-across – I travel on trail that’s glittering : IRIDESCENT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Actors in shed : CAST
2-down – Spirit, to those listening, sounded like a cow : MOOD
3-down – Interpolated questionable stretch of inactivity : LATENTPERIOD
4-down – Challenge Conservative nurse : CONTEND
5-down – Cleared up slop: inn less likely to cause accidents : NONSLIP
7-down – Gran storms off, seeing bullies : STRONGARMS
8-down – After rotting, erupt with odour – becoming this? : PUTRESCENT
11-down – Instance of longevity, diagnosing no upsets : AGOODINNINGS
13-down – Young American on benefits given small amount of money : ADOLESCENT
14-down – Outdo frantic bigwigs : TOPBANANAS
18-down – More mouth-watering – Yankee with fewer teeth – not good! : YUMMIER
19-down – Discovered truth about what neglected corporation may have done : RUMBLED
21-down – Short day, then Everyman’s in dingy drinking den : DIVE
22-down – Verbally mete out lashings : ALOT
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.