Across:
7. Pay for crystal tea set (9)
8. Falls for the beautiful, enthralling lead character in Hamlet (5)
9. Groups of readers face bad luck during trips (4,5)
10. The bloody lawyer flipped!! What a snake!! (5)
12. As for the picture book? Return it!! (6)
13. So pretty and sassy (8)
14. As the flora and fauna flourished the barren land became lotusland, a slice of paradise (7)
17. Assume fake identity to swindle money without throwing fit (7)
20. Ability to see 8 across? Alright! (8)
22. Worker hiding in the mess cupboard? (6)
24. On a whim Bob bought the Rolls, he was essentially a good looking but vacuous man (5)
25. Plate with cooked ready mix of animal stuffing (9)
26. Please bring a mini meal sample for the boy (5)
27. Be extremely cautious walking on these stiff structures (9)
Down:
1. Escort the girl before igloo melted (6)
2. Roomie or bedfellow? (8)
3. A doctor captained at sea? (6)
4. Unlimited frolic in hellhole for the bearded? (7)
5. Obscure commercial interrupting the exhibition (6)
6. Alternative in faith attracting Nick, Bob, and the gentiles (8)
11. Slowly cook radish and chicken broth to extract this gumbo ingredient (4)
15. CIA aptly involved in the unusual (8)
16. Serve gyro at Bacchanalia (4)
18. Identified to be sacked, concealing limitless anger (8)
19. Bizarre hush on the train (7)
21. Yield seat accommodating the poor bum (6)
22. Prudish queen in bad mood (6)
23. Sally in a hurry heading off to can (6)