The Telegraph - Toughie - May 1 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Telegraph - Toughie Crossword Puzzle Solutions - May 1 2018 

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