This crossword No. 28106 clues and answers were published on Mon 13 Apr 2020 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28106 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Cruel dons trashed patriot in last resort? : SCOUNDREL
10-across – Eventually rejecting extremes, everything being considered : INALL
11-across – Prepare on course at Cambridge after first part of tripos, say : TEEUP
12-across – My reason for being in league to begin with : INITIALLY
13-across – Splurge in US city, initially with round of drinks : LASHOUT
14-across – Initial combination that’s familiar in a mass : ACRONYM
17-across – First characters assembled in military mess : SNAFU
19-across – Charge making sense with pound discounted at the end : FEE
20-across – Where shooting happens, for a start : ONSET
21-across – Schedule disrupted by old male calling at first light : ROOSTER
22-across – Pull lass back who’s last in line? : LAGGARD
24-across – First in college, learner with highest place — being this? : CLEVEREST
26-across – Like celebrity, observed to end badly : NOTED
28-across – Ultimately failing to reach time for world record? : ATLAS
29-across – Concluding provocation upset stalwarts : LASTSTRAW
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Starts off puzzle solving slowly, teaser that demands attention : PSST
2-down – Set of letters found in post, ultimately : VOWELS
3-down – Ponder convoluted tube that’s finally manufactured : ENDPRODUCT
4-down – Initially without force, elevating King David, for example : ARTIST
5-down – Last short epistle used in university, after appropriate period : ULTIMATE
6-down – It’s briefly worn by female in dorm, initially : MINI
7-down – Is prone to cover up trouble in final sections : TAILENDS
8-down – Terminate in small place : SLAY
13-down – Optical device initially put together, first patented in 1960 : LASER
15-down – Regions are originally subject to new order : REORGANISE
16-down – Ship’s officer died, finished off on board : MATED
18-down – Almost ended within a social function, primarily : ABOVEALL
19-down – Once in fashion, near the beginning, but not first of all : FORMERLY
22-down – Like final person appearing, having left a big game : LATEST
23-down – Redesigned faster course one finally enjoys : AFTERS
24-down – First or last word from Italian in Chicago, oddly : CIAO
25-down – Affluence in some areas, eventually : EASE
27-down – Miserable kind of clue this ultimately is : DOWN
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.