Really enjoyable mental workout, got most of this (admittedly with a bit of guesswork and checking along the way), plenty of laughs and penny drops too. Favourites were 1a, 21a, 27a, 1d, 2d (truly exceptional!) and 13d...
Some absolutely lovely clues in here, and a couple of wonderful penny-drop moments (eg 8d). 25a was LOI for me due to the general knowledge requirement, but entirely gettable. Kudos for 1a10a11a22a27a, 1d, 2d, 5d (excellent def), 8d and 13d.
Hi Ghoti, thanks for the puzzle which took a couple of goes to crack. Some very nice surfaces like 26a, 3d and 5d but my favourite by a long way is 13d with very nice charade. Cheers!
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