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Still completely stumped by 27a

Ooops , it just fell in

She's a Charlotte aged 6. The definition is the expression 'fancy that!

Aged 6 or 277, it works either way ;-)

I'm just about to start on this and, judging by the comments, it's not going to be easy 🥵

Great to see you back in the forum after a late start. You have probably gathered that we have missed you!
I will be interested to see your comments.

All I can say is today's crossword sums up my weekend, quite tricky at times, but some bright spots.

COD and LOI 16d , great misdirection

I am so relieved to see that everyone else was struggling with this. And it wasn’t just me! In retrospect, loved the theme, though the parliament one baffled me. It’s the collective noun for several kinds of bird. And now 18a makes sense: I hadn’t heard the term but having looked it up, I see what it has to do with Herod. Loved Charlotte and her brother. In retrospect, fun. While trying to solve, just the opposite.

I really enjoyed this Everyman but, like others, found it much more difficult than usual.

Many of the clues seemed a lot tighter, wittier and with smoother surfaces than usual (bar 9d!) meaning there were plenty of contenders for COD so I've picked three - 16d, 24a and 22d.

Is it a rhyme if the letters are the same?

Found 7d a very frustrating clue. First the term in the answer is not common here, but more significantly I have not come across "K" as an an abbreviation £1,000 - I have always heard "grand" in that context. "K" is a more general contraction for 1,000, but not in the context of money.