September 2002 Standard 15 x 15 Cryptic Crossword

Clues - Across

1. Where one has spelling lessons? (5,6)

8. Good judgement is needed to make some men NCO's (6,5)

11. At last he begins to warm up (4)

12. A passage taken out (4)

13. Pulled out or turned in (7)

15. Vagrant once found by a billabong (7)

16. A battle for the chair, perhaps (5)

17. One bitter recollection about 7 (4)

18. A love for colour (4)

19. A university has a say in French examination (5)

21. A penchant for banking (7)

22. A nominal attachment (4,3)

23. Atom-bombed as a form of defence? (4)

26. Goes one better and gets back place (4)

27. Very much afraid it's not for 007 (5,6) 28. A good rower (11)

Clues - Down

2. Laugh at a warning (4)

3. Has a take-away (for some of the lower classes?) (7)

4. Function sounds like omen (4)

5. US party's advice on eradicating garden weeds? (7)

6. Duck by custom takes to river (4)

7. Somewhat unreliable writer (7,4)

8. Orchestrate a Bach pinata for the Pequod's leader (7,4)

9. Former degree withdrawn, one lot of folk undergoing test (11)

10. Medley-races his concern? (11)

14. Take Mike out? That's work for a microbiologist (5)

15. All the best Chairs are - made of this material? (5)

19. Certainly not graceful when cornered (7)

20. "They're Scottish" is the sharp and short reply (7) 2

4. Bill goes to university bar (4)

25. Being David's dad but losing his head (4)

26. A period of utter misery? (4)