Across
1. Sod
3. Silver medal
8. Nation
9. Buoyancy
10. Inset
11. Reeds
13. Canto
15. Nodding donkey
16. Admiral
20. Roomy
21. Laois
23. Tutsi
24. Whole hog
25. Oxford
26. Gretna Green
27. Mud
Down
1. Sentimental
2. Detested
3. Stoat
4. Vibrant
5. Mayor
7. Lay
12. Small-minded
13. Conor
14. Oddly
17. Restroom
18. Go big or go home
22. Skein
23. Taxon
24. Wig