Cryptic crossword No 2,047

Welcome to MyC duncanjwitham! An excellent debut, lots of lovely clues throughout - my personal favourites were 16a, 23a, 27a, 3d, and 18d, though there were plenty more I thought were top-notch. One small thing: it’s helpful to provide annotated solutions so that should anyone get stuck they can see how the clues worked, should they wish to.