The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,199 - May 16 2017 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,199 - May 16 2017 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Ace holding up fish that gets played, finally	CODA
Article finally reduced, helping to make new version	ITERATION
Characters in old script from beginning also finish	ALPHA
Distance definable, for me, as initially in four pieces	LEAGUE
Final university tardy covering MIT up	ULTIMATE
Finally cut world record?	ATLAS
Ignoring negative split, finally editor is satisfied	FILLED
Informs about rise in cash used in 1971, finally	SHILLINGS
Inhabitant initially unsophisticated about time	NATIVE
Initially establishing container, finally good	BASING
Initially reduced a lot in adult? Very little	MINIATURE
Initially, is doctor elated at result of brain operation?	IDEA
Initiate top player on time	START
Kind of wings Daedalus had initially	DELTA
Leading part in drama, initially	MAIN
Line crossed by me, not an inhabitant initially	SETTLER
Old instrument some finally retuned	LYRE

Clues	Answers
One soldier, initially, aboard fancy launch	ORIGINATE
Part of OED finished and justified	DEFENDED
Place for couple, initially, in gated enclave	EDEN
Players of music initially assembled?	DEEJAYS
Preserve discussions to reduce nuclear danger, initially	SALT
Saving money with false claim on author, initially	ECONOMICAL
Scientific device initially put together in 1960	LASER
See 17	OMEGA
See 17	AND
Start off initially in drug trial with least sense	POTTIEST
Stupid way clue and puzzle finish	INANE
Tests officer, initially, with fire directed upwards	EXAMS
Trees to come down, initially	FIRSTOFALL
Very well packing trunk, finally fit in small volume	BOOKLET
What's finally written need not change	ENDNOTE
Words initially put together in a piece of writing about friend	ACRONYMS