The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2018 05 01

crossword answers
Clue Answer
GIVE OVATION (SOME STANDING) FOR ABSOLUTE RUBBISH CLAPTRAP
They contain beer in pubs: about litre BARRELS
NE'ER-DO-WELL SON IN CLUTCHES OF DRINK WASTER
Essence of loneliness rising in long-distance runner NILE
Cut hour and three quarters HEWN
Big, but not immeasurably so? SIZEABLE
Evergreen not having fruit DATELESS
Establish tenner is forged and catch Tom out ENTRENCH
Full of energy, juvenile star LEAD
Happy days in Germany PROSIT
Back seat unusually taken by Navy ASTERN
It's handmade for someone's smoking jacket REEFER
What to give one's bird on occasion? SEEDCAKE
Terribly proud guards have heavy fall? DOWNPOUR
Succeed in getting the last word FAREWELL
Smart, having also protected reputation STANDING
Riddle found in song STRAIN
Eastern outfit hosts a fine expedition ... SAFARI
Passage direct, we�re told STRAIT
Part of arm -- its middle section -- found in wood BREECH
Nice new pants, absorbing spilt ale PLEASANT
Definitely second, third and the fifth letters of 'prairie' RATHER
Key is certainly in hole FISSURE
Allowing oneself to be subject of a study POSING
Case of minstrel who refused to strike SCABBARD
Carried half of bitter inside -- seemed drunk TOTTERED
A lone, straggling cherry -- climbing plant? OLEANDER
Back up against ropes, groggy, seen as target PURPOSE
... swapping sun initially for cold, rambling about continent AFRICA
Instructions for board perceived to be two-thirds incorrect RECIPE
Prefer when heart's broken to be unattached FREE
Moves round about gunner, causing minor injuries SPRAINS