mc5 - Obscure vault 99 (7)

It's the cryptic crossword discussion game. Tease each other with clues, help each other with the dailies, educate the beginners, whatever.

Raak

Here's another

Some understood the original reason, both at first and at last. (5)

rab

I presume these are all clues to the same word...

Raak

They are indeed, and here's two more.

At last, the southern aristocrat has reached the door to Germany. (5)
Roust! Roust! At last! (5)

Raak

Of the eight clues:

one consists of just the definition,
one is an anagram,
one is an embedding,
one subtracts a letter from a word,
one uses initial letters,
and three break the word down and clue its components.

(These descriptions are in alphabetical order.)

Martha farquar

Right, I geddit...

SUTOR, but never heard of it before