This crossword No. 4017 clues and answers were published on Sun 15 Oct 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Everyman Crossword No. 4017 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Angler hopes for this amount of information, we’re told : BITE
3-across – Club alight: might ash be found there? : WOODLAND
9-across – Last bits of Christmas cake, privately, by the coast : SEASIDE
11-across – Run and shove, pocketing one pound on the way back : PUBLISH
12-across – Sly cats at work, they cause things to change : CATALYSTS
13-across – Ruled, showing signs of age : LINED
14-across – Book pricier option in hotel : AROOMWITHAVIEW
16-across – Pure, holy band is playing Gershwin piece : RHAPSODYINBLUE
20-across – Removed middle section of electrical flex from speaker : CORED
22-across – Soldiers given orders to go around duck : COMMANDOS
23-across – Couple eating last of cracker that is plain : PRAIRIE
24-across – Starters of rice in stock, oregano to taste, onion …? : RISOTTO
25-across – In large part, admitting two poor grades with unassuming manner : MODESTLY
26-across – Gradually move back, say, adder regularly sidestepped : EDGE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – ‘ABCs’ is, put another way …? : BASICS
2-down – Display exuberant paintings etc, stuck up in eatery : TRATTORIA
4-down – Part of layover’s awfully managed : OVERSAW
5-down – Put down dopiest oddball : DEPOSIT
6-down – Salad bar’s boss, awfully unabashed : ASBOLDASBRASS
7-down – Condescend to remove first of specs from blueprint : DEIGN
8-down – Tail winds had owls shedding from both wings : SHADOW
10-down – Everyman will take into account editor’s ‘Badly thought out’ : ILLCONSIDERED
15-down – One devout woman, old-fashioned, overwhelmed : INUNDATED
16-down – Chef’s instructions: pieces of endive and chicory … filling … ready to eat : RECIPE
17-down – They detail stevedores : DOCKERS
18-down – Endless, timeless – and godless! : IMMORAL
19-down – Residue and mineral deposit collected on the land : ASHORE
21-down – Procure fresh weaponry and back Frenchman : REARM
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.