Cryptic crossword No 2,671

Thanks to (a patient) Amoeba. Anything iffy is mine.

Thanks Ruskin. Started like a train in NE then slowed quickly. FOI 10a, LOI 27a, Didn't get 20d! Some great surfaces, my favs were 16d and 17d.

Well, once again you've written something I found jolly difficult in places. Like RN, 20d was my LOI and got only from a wordlist ... couldn't see the parse. I'd not heard of the dessert in 22a - though I had heard of the glass that it uses; heigh ho! I personally don't think the homophone of 1d works ... but then homophone clues are always contentious. 2d was nice. 27a was dark!

Tricky but fun. Good job.

Quite a work-out, thanks Ruskin. I liked 2D. Some, good misdirections (eg 9A, 27A, 13D). I struggled with 20D and couldn't parse 5D, but clueing was all perfectly fair.