November, 2002
by Kegler

November, 2002 grid

Across
1Throw out second-rate prevention measure? (6)
4Wearing a clingy dress for passion in building out back (8)
10Propane explodes, theoretically (2,5)
11Aerial hunters complain about hills (7)
12Feds search worst out of control bureaus (6,2,7)
13Large masses of insects beleaguering crazed lion (9)
15Some lapsed church branch? (4)
17Fly quickly, ace (4)
19Goner osculates wildly (4,5)
22Court fines wordplay seeker; I've lots of time following angry comeback (8,7)
24The French boys' instructions (7)
25Dear one separates two cored fruit (7)
26Slowest to back around end of street in public transportation (8)
27Shrub my gardener finally let spread (6)
Down
1Combo tap dances in place of basic training (4,4)
2A lot of users may prefer to encode “Entry Number” initially (7)
3“Z” in Italian, endlessly beset by subtitles in letters made large (15)
5Owned 500 (about right) broken skis in storage locations (4,5)
6Tiger's lure involved prey; on came an ape? (10,5)
7The lady's also returning inside for hecklers (7)
8Stop block of trades I started (6)
9Singing group is somewhat patriotic (4)
14Peg's put on jeans, and airs (9)
16Main support for island's attitude... (8)
18...implies it hasn't changed (5,2)
20Man from the United Nations takes bit of unusual salve (7)
21One vote “No” for space program (6)
23Attorney grabbing at information (4)

Solution