The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 13th April 2020

There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 13th April 2020. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Cruel dons trashed patriot in last resort?
AAcross 10:	Eventually rejecting extremes, everything being considered
AAcross 11:	Prepare on course at Cambridge after first part of tripos, say
AAcross 12:	My reason for being in league to begin with
AAcross 13:	Splurge in US city, initially with round of drinks
AAcross 14:	Initial combination that's familiar in a mass
AAcross 17:	First characters assembled in military mess
AAcross 19:	Charge making sense with pound discounted at the end
AAcross 20:	Where shooting happens, for a start
AAcross 21:	Schedule disrupted by old male calling at first light
AAcross 22:	Pull lass back who's last in line?
AAcross 24:	First in college, learner with highest place — being this?
AAcross 26:	Like celebrity, observed to end badly
AAcross 28:	Ultimately failing to reach time for world record?
AAcross 29:	Concluding provocation upset stalwarts
DDown 1:	Starts off puzzle solving slowly, teaser that demands attention
DDown 2:	Set of letters found in post, ultimately
DDown 3:	Ponder convoluted tube that's finally manufactured
DDown 4:	Initially without force, elevating King David, for example
DDown 5:	Last short epistle used in university, after appropriate period
DDown 6:	It's briefly worn by female in dorm, initially
DDown 7:	Is prone to cover up trouble in final sections	TAILENDS
DDown 8:	Terminate in small place
DDown 13:	Optical device initially put together, first patented in 1960
DDown 15:	Regions are originally subject to new order
DDown 16:	Ship's officer died, finished off on board
DDown 18:	Almost ended within a social function, primarily
DDown 19:	Once in fashion, near the beginning, but not first of all
DDown 22:	Like final person appearing, having left a big game
DDown 23:	Redesigned faster course one finally enjoys
DDown 24:	First or last word from Italian in Chicago, oddly
DDown 25:	Affluence in some areas, eventually
DDown 27:	Miserable kind of clue this ultimately is