Cryptic crossword No 3,172

Thanks, Baz, I enjoyed this. My favourites included 1d, 7a (brilliant homophone) 25a, 27a. Good misdirection in 18d - I had the "board vessel" as the beginning/ending SS and couldn't account for the B!

I liked 7a for the homophone indicator. 9a and 14a were nicely constructed. 1d provided a nice penny drop moment.

Hi Baz, thanks for a pleasantly smooth solve with a nice range of clue types and indicators and some clever surfaces. I thought 10a very nifty, and had ticks also for 7a, 25a, 5d, 15d, 16d, 23d. More observations below…

Haven't done one of yours for a while. There is some enjoyable material in here, Baz. Several faves for me inc 25a, 6d, 11d, 22d and 23d. Thanks. PM