Amplifier initially made a signal very clipped at both ends (5)

Times Cryptic #28629 | 22 Down | 2023-06-14
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:

M A S (initial letters of made a signal) ER (vERy, clipped). A MASER  (an acronym) is an amplifier of microwaves, as a LASER is one of light; if you didn’t know it, you could deduce it from the wordplay.

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