This crossword No. 4009 clues and answers were published on Sun 20 Aug 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 4009 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Dealt with spade: ditch reconstructed : DISPATCHED
6-across – Ninnies kicked back in pampering places : SPAS
9-across – Musicians given some potent rum Peter supplied : TRUMPETERS
10-across – Cuts of wagyu steak, at the outset? : COWS
11-across – I came clean: Hi, implausibly, I’m in movies : MICHAELCAINE
15-across – Tennis champ against footballers : EVERTON
16-across – Moderates fits of rage : TEMPERS
17-across – Starts to eat, taking in starters of assorted seeds and nuts : CASHEWS
19-across – Less bronzed: only short time in Italian resort : PALERMO
20-across – Jazz singer’s support: vain, not half forgetful type : SCATTERBRAIN
23-across – Advance slowly : INCH
24-across – Queen tucked in to drink, becoming free : LIBERATION
25-across – Message in school sent round : NOTE
26-across – Highly amused, as you may be following an accident : INSTITCHES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Meeting poet with no name : DATE
2-down – Ignore rampaging Huns : SHUN
3-down – Choosing a time to meet : APPOINTMENT
4-down – Become fashionable, understand? : CATCHON
5-down – Attention on home: it’s serious : EARNEST
7-down – Free port is arranged for ruthless investors : PROFITEERS
8-down – Awfully supine sons, ‘hanging’ : SUSPENSION
12-down – One with grievance reverses direction, becoming agreeable : COMPLAISANT
13-down – Section of band performing Supersonic : PERCUSSION
14-down – Pet tapir’s acne treated : PERSIANCAT
18-down – National loser biannually taking part : SERBIAN
19-down – Faultless – and kind of tense? : PERFECT
21-down – Announced search for person of faith : SIKH
22-down – Everyman’s banknotes no longer valid : ONES
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.