The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,297 - Sep 7 2017

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Clues Answers
Ask for it? APPEAL
Being a dad briefly involved frivolous repartee BADINAGE
Caper around with the ultimate in ostentation? PRANCE
Carefully choose journalist welcoming new measure of resolution HANDPICK
Cat with bad intention gets the bird WHIP
Cool phone? LAIDBACK
Extremely wary, in case needing to cross lake LEERIEST
French government with a Liberal left in charge GALLIC
Have complete faith in lawyers? Not initially, when upset about first of burglaries SWEARBY
It's never this cat getting run over, when looking both ways before beginning to walk TOMORROW
Kids' mother follows nose, right away finding party HOOTENANNY
Kiss-and-cuddle accounts are for the birds SPOONBILLS
Led astray by party leader taken in by ridiculous load of nonsense FLAPDOODLE
Loud music on tablet, after soft drink FRAPPE
Clues Answers
Lout in black jumper turned up BOOR
Lovely place to live no one wants? DESRES
May claim this, from time wearing black STABLE
May claim this? Patience possibly needed STRONG
One that reads the Mirror in Lens? EYEGLASS
One that's played with Pelé and Lukaku recalled a King Power outing UKULELE
Rich relative given gold ring by Uncle Sam SONOROUS
Rising late, without handy place for early retirement? DAYBED
See 24 POOR
See 24 across WILL
Setter perhaps loves the German whose assistance is not always welcomed DOGOODER
Support for key person in soap playing instrument PIANOSTOOL
Swell quarters, altogether sweet TOFFEE
Whence fortified wine once produced? On river there only, originally OPORTO