The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26713 - May 1, 2017 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26713 - May 1, 2017 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Able to stand blood pressure initially, ideal to exercise	BIPEDAL
Advertising method thus dropped, extremes of tastelessness contained	SOFTSELL
Bird shaking off tail, freezing	BITTER
Chinese path where grass comes up	TAO
Collecting a heavy weight, send giants to rebuild megalith	STANDINGSTONE
Cry, sobbing uncontrollably, gentle voice long gone	BINGCROSBY
Guts of male climbing cherry tree	ALDER
Having sealed off old pub, takes to court winning evidence?	TROPHIES
Hazy, perhaps, like a hanging mist?	UPINTHEAIR
Island prison captivated by relative singing in an opera	GRANCANARIA
Legendary woman, long-distance runner	AMAZON
Loose nuts screwed up, then hit	UNSTRAP
Man unusually in front of a train? An islander	HEBRIDEAN
Masseur put his foot down, being officially sanctioned	RUBBERSTAMPED

Clues	Answers
Not entirely a fool, nineteenth-century author	BOZ
Part of kettle for water perhaps?	ELEMENT
Pretty average entertainment	FAIR
Refined weapon, good for engagement	CUTGLASS
See one store in brownish-red, unfinished	BISHOPRIC
Singer not entirely conscious in a trance	SINATRA
Soldier like Frenchman, for example	PARADIGM
Stick man?	STAFF
Strong drink, two rupees	BRACER
This paper's theme adapted for The Times, perhaps?	ANAGRAM
Undoing last bits of thin rope, me and sibling	NEMESIS
Wet politician in power	SWAMPY
Where wallowers at home when studying part of the brain?	HIPPOCAMPUS
Winning round ends in short shot — this?	PUTT