The Guardian Cryptic Apr 13 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,106 - April 13 2020 - Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
Affluence in some areas, eventually	EASE
Almost ended within a social function, primarily	ABOVEALL
Charge making sense with pound discounted at the end	FEE
Concluding provocation upset stalwarts	LASTSTRAW
Cruel dons trashed patriot in last resort?	SCOUNDREL
Eventually rejecting extremes, everything being considered	INALL
First characters assembled in military mess	SNAFU
First in college, learner with highest place — being this?	CLEVEREST
First or last word from Italian in Chicago, oddly	CIAO
Initial combination that's familiar in a mass	ACRONYM
Initially without force, elevating King David, for example	ARTIST
Is prone to cover up trouble in final sections	TAILENDS
It's briefly worn by female in dorm, initially	MINI
Last short epistle used in uni­versity, after appropriate period	ULTIMATE
Like celebrity, observed to end badly	NOTED
Like final person appearing, having left a big game	LATEST
Miserable kind of clue this ultimately is	DOWN
My reason for being in league to begin with	INITIALLY
Once in fashion, near the beginning, but not first of all	FORMERLY
Optical device initially put together, first patented in 1960	LASER
Ponder convoluted tube that's finally manufactured	ENDPRODUCT
Prepare on course at Cambridge after first part of tripos, say	TEEUP
Pull lass back who's last in line?	LAGGARD
Redesigned faster course one finally enjoys	AFTERS
Regions are originally subject to new order	REORGANISE
Schedule disrupted by old male calling at first light	ROOSTER
Set of letters found in post, ultimately	VOWELS
Ship's officer died, finished off on board	MATED
Splurge in US city, initially with round of drinks	LASHOUT
Starts off puzzle solving slowly, teaser that demands attention	PSST
Terminate in small place	SLAY
Ultimately failing to reach time for world record?	ATLAS
Where shooting happens, for a start	ONSET