This crossword No. 3996 clues and answers were published on Sun 21 May 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 3996 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Once scenic – redeveloped – qualms? : CONSCIENCE
6-across – Mimicked, initially atrociously, Prince Edward : APED
9-across – 2000s Prime Minister: money’s no longer with us : BROWNBREAD
10-across – Eager howl : KEEN
11-across – By treeless zones having trouble, like falling off a log? : PLAINSAILING
15-across – Everyman’s puzzle, one that’s unwelcome : IMPOSER
16-across – Crescentic republic, one abutting the Illyrian Adriatic, primarily? : CROATIA
17-across – Showy flowers – or little ones, you say? : ORCHIDS
19-across – Some toffs identified as unable to score : OFFSIDE
20-across – Unjustly demanding, dismal posting : BLACKMAILING
23-across – Friend’s friendly? Not at first : ALLY
24-across – Opera singer, right, surrounded by swirling sitar and violin : STRADIVARI
25-across – Company pitched : CAST
26-across – Diners’ cups: I moved two places along : BRASSERIES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Bass offered amid lettuce: they’re covered in corn : COBS
2-down – 12 down – or up! : NOON
3-down – Charlie and Les getting credit for wicked thing : CANDLESTICK
4-down – Before now, more like a nobleman? : EARLIER
5-down – Timeless young lady in clinch now and again : CLASSIC
7-down – A patricide – deranged, concerning youth needing treatment : PAEDIATRIC
8-down – In cosy room, causes irritation: the writer maligns : DENIGRATES
12-down – Regularly ignore Finn’s attack, being pleasant enough : INOFFENSIVE
13-down – No panic! BLT’s toasted: here’s some wine : PINOTBLANC
14-down – Perhaps aviators’ magnificent displays : SPECTACLES
18-down – Broadcast Ella Fitzgerald? : SCATTER
19-down – Slice of inferior lean steak somewhere in France : ORLEANS
21-down – Institute and experimental facility set up in Indonesian island province : BALI
22-down – Conifers and gorse, by the sound of it : FIRS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.