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