This crossword No. 3974 clues and answers were published on Sun 11 Dec 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3974 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Exclaims: Aha! Rabat, somewhat hot African location : SAHARA
4-across – Manliest, but suffering indispositions : AILMENTS
9-across – Spin doctor’s concern: where to get strong liquors : OPTICS
10-across – Repeated: ‘Everyman bought a round!?’ : ITERATED
11-across – Primarily, acknowledgement hollered on yacht? : AHOY
12-across – Slur : SCURRILOUS
15-across – Protecting Australia, Darwin shall reassemble defensive structure : HADRIANSWALL
18-across – ‘Remarkable cure-all’ – banal actress : LAURENBACALL
21-across – Pious posse on the rampage? You’re probably right : ISUPPOSESO
22-across – Bird seen back in Novosibirsk : IBIS
24-across – One who travelled far with dog hostelry : HANNIBAL
25-across – That which neighs loudly, being gravelly : HOARSE
26-across – Irate, Sir? Bats? They’re seldom seen : RARITIES
27-across – Means of obtaining fish and asparagus : SPEARS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Bears’ bellies : STOMACHS
2-down – Rum in peach drink that’s sweet : HOTTODDY
3-down – Fabulous fliers in dazes, we’re told : ROCS
5-down – Temperature in still: alcohol’s making blends : INTERTWINES
6-down – Draconian measures with everyone uprising after extra-terrestrial docked : MARTIALLAW
7-down – State idea, answer for duck : NATION
8-down – Regularly ignored staid, hirsute brute : SADIST
13-down – Secret agent redeployed where attention’s focused : CENTRESTAGE
14-down – Frustrate detectives needing a parking place : DISAPPOINT
16-down – Capital’s aberrancy mostly represented : CANBERRA
17-down – Lesser celebrities in painful spots : BLISTERS
19-down – … and uncertain expression is to lose freshness : WITHER
20-down – Landscapist’s revolver : TURNER
23-down – Tire in America, perhaps? Bear up! : HOOP
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.