The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,115 - May 16 2016

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Clues Answers
A couple of students entertained by exam topping the rest TALLEST
A slow mover that may be fired SLUG
Assign work to a writer ASCRIBE
Capital required, so backed with a pound, nothing more OSLO
Charming woman but bad speller WITCH
Denied a civil education ILLBRED
Eastern agent gets notice ESPY
Gave Len unusually good news! EVANGEL
Ian follows a number of birds AVIAN
Job seeking PURSUIT
Justify rate DESERVE
Leader of Opposition, jerk, is of concern to the listener OTIC
Leave with music playing ABANDON
Made provisional arrangements CATERED
Moral support UPRIGHT
Mumble an insult? SLUR
Clues Answers
Pontoon player who cheats? TWISTER
Pun, or a charade perhaps PLAYUPONWORDS
Quarrel that can be relatively bitter FEUD
Rebuff salesman going to one university after another REPULSE
Soft-centred? TENDERHEARTED
Tangled in hedge, sounded like a farm animal NEIGHED
The full version of Mass MASSACHUSETTS
They don't do themselves any good when they come to light MOTHS
They're taken for trips? DRUGS
This month, everyone is to get ready to work INSTALL
Tie up troops in creating chances of advancement OPPORTUNITIES
To describe someone thus is hardly fair comment UGLY
Tool he'd fashioned, something of use to climbers TOEHOLD
Transport system that's essential to divers AIRLINE
Work in the dark to get negative results DEVELOP
You can catch trout in it, or try TEST