November 2000 - 15 x 15 Cryptic Crossword

Across
1. Two masters, in a word (11)
7. Fabulous flier didn't quite make Gibraltar (3)
9. My dear chap, extirpate a hybrid rhinoceros perhaps (9)
10. Instant tea and coffee (5)
11. Story about a sheep in America (7)
12. Torpid insects - about a thousand (7)
13. Writer makes two turns to the left (5)
15. Dish for a penny, or something very similar (9)
17. President and first lady left in temporary resting-place (9)
19. Indian mid-fielder holds the catch (5)
20. Beryl, a Cockney border official (7)
22. Iris's family show keen resentment about a plan (7)
24. Principle for which a team gets award (5)
25. Long-faced dismissal of Cassandra's tidings? (9)
27. Overseas theatre that lacks aspiration (3)
28. Novel character sails off with disheartened seaman (5,6)


Down
1. Graduate quietly reads the roll (3)
2. Become liable to no betterment, being this able (5)
3. Baby's maladjustment is, to some extent, unfathomable (7)
4. US prosecutor gives English poet help (3,6)
5. Pythias' friend returned, being a wanderer (5)
6. Aramis, the second of Dumas' disguised warriors (7)
7. Grace lent shape to figure (9)
8. Edible fungus which a musician plucked (11)
11. Mere dealing after shuffle produces tricks (11)
14. A main subject of inflation, from the world angle (9)
16. People who keep servants (9)
18. Humanist's calculations are upset (7)
19. Striker with a wild fantasy (7)
21. Almost prosper making fastener (5)
23. Point to the lower back and side and put it away (5)
26. Organ can be lent in an advance arrangement (3)