This crossword No. 3984 clues and answers were published on Sun 26 Feb 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3984 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Proves sectarians will be dispersed : ASCERTAINS
6-across – Knock back lager? That’s a mistake : SLIP
9-across – Welcome when sporting cane, cap etc : ACCEPTANCE
10-across – Not taking sides of gammon and pineapple? : AMMO
11-across – Carol, with mashed potato, perhaps making a fuss : SONGANDDANCE
15-across – Ray Brown has gym kit : SUNBEAM
16-across – Badly over-use bodies of work : OEUVRES
17-across – Operating system’s way of working is stifling small, gradual assimilation : OSMOSIS
19-across – Able to pay for chloroform? : SOLVENT
20-across – State that’s stunned to host our excellent sporting event : TOURDEFRANCE
23-across – One of the Great Lakes is spooky, we’re told : ERIE
24-across – Characters seen in Henry IV, Part I; Henry IV, Part II; Henry V? : SEMICOLONS
25-across – One way to order food in W African country : TOGO
26-across – Starter of tree tufts rejected; detox’s not half restricting Everyman in regime : ATKINSDIET
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A glass container’s open? Not entirely : AJAR
2-down – Bird to draw back : COCK
3-down – Predecessor treated and treated again : REPROCESSED
4-down – Mixture showing some charisma, glam albeit retro : AMALGAM
5-down – Number with ‘party in the county jail’? Out of the question : NOCANDO
7-down – What may be found in orchard as twitchy mole enters : LEMONTREES
8-down – Disposition of person to wallow in pity : PROPENSITY
12-down – Match short, suggesting cheat? : DOUBLECROSS
13-down – Deranged maestros finally turn out medley : ASSORTMENT
14-down – No geranium in arrangement? Charming! : ENAMOURING
18-down – So fine! Exam is gentle in the extreme : SOFTEST
19-down – Seriously widely adopted, hugely intelligible language – international, primarily! : SWAHILI
21-down – Inhospitable environment: island with marsh to the north : GOBI
22-down – Call for attention; troops straighten, to some extent : PSST
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.