This crossword No. 27297 clues and answers were published on Fri 08 Sep 2017 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 27297 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Rich relative given gold ring by Uncle Sam : SONOROUS
9-across – Ask for it? : APPEAL
10-across – See 24 : POOR
11-across – Led astray by party leader taken in by ridiculous load of nonsense : FLAPDOODLE
12-across – Loud music on tablet, after soft drink : FRAPPE
14-across – Cool phone? : LAIDBACK
15-across – Have complete faith in lawyers? Not initially, when upset about first of burglaries : SWEARBY
17-across – One that’s played with Pelé and Lukaku recalled a King Power outing : UKULELE
20-across – Setter perhaps loves the German whose assistance is not always welcomed : DOGOODER
22-across – Lovely place to live no one wants? : DESRES
23-across – Kids’ mother follows nose, right away finding party : HOOTENANNY
24-across – Cat with bad intention gets the bird : WHIP
25-across – May claim this? Patience possibly needed : STRONG
26-across – One that reads the Mirror in Lens? : EYEGLASS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – It’s never this cat getting run over, when looking both ways before beginning to walk : TOMORROW
2-down – Lout in black jumper turned up : BOOR
3-down – Swell quarters, altogether sweet : TOFFEE
4-down – Carefully choose journalist welcoming new measure of resolution : HANDPICK
5-down – Kiss-and-cuddle accounts are for the birds : SPOONBILLS
6-down – French government with a Liberal left in charge : GALLIC
8-down – May claim this, from time wearing black : STABLE
13-down – Support for key person in soap playing instrument : PIANOSTOOL
16-down – Being a dad briefly involved frivolous repartee : BADINAGE
18-down – Extremely wary, in case needing to cross lake : LEERIEST
19-down – Caper around with the ultimate in ostentation? : PRANCE
21-down – Whence fortified wine once produced? On river there only, originally : OPORTO
22-down – Rising late, without handy place for early retirement? : DAYBED
24-down – See 24 across : WILL
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.