This crossword No. 3979 clues and answers were published on Sun 22 Jan 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3979 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Either side of dayroom offering somewhere to sleep : DORM
3-across – King further imprisoning old sculptor : HENRYMOORE
9-across – Primarily, country harbouring African desert? : CHAD
10-across – Signed off work in posh coat, cultivated, heading off : FURLOUGHED
12-across – Play in a forest in a way that makes one happy : ASYOULIKEIT
15-across – Dry piece of oyster I left : STERILE
16-across – Retire in resort, a Red Sea destination : ERITREA
17-across – Stationery for origami practitioners? : FOLDERS
19-across – Politicians’ furniture : CABINET
20-across – What may make you green in the blue? : SEASICKNESS
23-across – Misguidedly stipulated inanities : PLATITUDES
24-across – Cut back parts of brooches : PINS
25-across – Compensating, adding more oil and vinegar? : REDRESSING
26-across – Requests wine containers, unopened : ASKS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Increase access to students engaged in worship : DECLASSIFY
2-down – Convenience food’s modified … Alarmed? Yes! : READYMEALS
4-down – Finally, above all, American crossword setter’s hard to understand : ELUSIVE
5-down – To once again experience entertaining earl’s release : RELIEVE
6-down – Ken, I’m in U-boat, unusual form of transport : MOUNTAINBIKE
7-down – Darts player stands here in part of Rochester : OCHE
8-down – Everyman’s beginning to get doddery, regularly in a spin : EDDY
11-down – Professional’s sin: ‘blue skies’ condemned : BUSINESSLIKE
13-down – Reorganise nuts and fruits’ location : ORANGERIES
14-down – Saint fasts, stirring visionaries : FANTASISTS
18-down – Sculptures honouring people’s laws? Not a third time : STATUES
19-down – Lawbreaking with an inhabitant of Yalta? : CRIMEAN
21-down – Blows up box : SPAR
22-down – Musicians prohibited, we’re told : BAND
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.