The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 27,864 - Jul 27 2015

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A step up the ladder is called for? RUNG
All-inclusive cleaning operation SWEEPING
Best clothes in tatters after having left to wander around GLADRAGS
Bird that is below par EAGLE
Boss went without head pupil STUDENT
Break bread, even in Scotland ABERDEEN
England's first slip gets run out ELAPSE
Examination for some ambitious candidates SCAN
Get car in for repair -- and service? CATERING
Hollow warning to sailors CAVERN
Irish island group supporting neat type of boat TRIMARAN
It may be a tiny girl's reason for not singing LARYNGITIS
Managed to be back before class to make report NARRATE
Minimum of green space, by the way LEAST
Miss a school fete? GALA
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Ounces, say -- they lack official backing WILDCATS
Patched up and blooming DARNED
Precise bill supported by junior minister ACCURATE
Pretentious songs? AIRS
Recovered from seabed -- top racing vessel SPEEDBOAT
Retire an eccentric old family servant RETAINER
Safety first presumably prevents one from seizing opportunities TAKINGNOCHANCES
Seat breaks with danger for star ASTERISK
Service is nevertheless no good EVENSONG
Serviceman to offer information unasked VOLUNTEER
Sound of siren makes everybody jump ALLCLEAR
Tax being cut EXCISE
The making of Haydn's oratorio CREATION
Underground movement providing opposition RESISTANCE