1.  2.   3. g 4. g 5.  6.  7.  8.
  g   g   g 9.    g   g   g  
10.         g   g 11.      
  g g g   g 12.    g   g   g  
13.  14.    g g g 15.        
  g   g 16. 17. 18.    g   g   g  
g 19.       g g 20.     21.  
g   g g 22.    23.     g g   g
24.  25.      g g 26.     27.   g
  g   g   g 28.      g   g 29.
30.         g g g 31.     
  g   g   g 32.  33. g   g g g  
34.      g   g 35.      36.   
  g   g   g 37.    g   g   g  
38.         g   g 39.     

ACROSS

1,10. ? (4,1,7)

5,33-Down. ? (6,1,4)

 

11,15,29-Down. ? (5,7,6)

13,19,24-Down,29-Down. ? (5,6,7,6)

 

9. Before now, one had an attempt (3)

12. see 23-Down

16. see 37

20. Reordered, so less casualties (6)

22. A penny dropped in diced rounding silverside (7)

24. Five pennies dropped in from tricky link - nice (6)

26. Not brave about ominous bird (6)

28. Make brave from high caste elders, ... (5)

30. ... not big deal, ... (7)

31. ... some vestige Raj left behind (5)

32. A few of my favourite things start to fade (3)

34. Swashbuckler right into backward 20-Down (5)

35. Shield bosses from headless dumb ones (7)

37,16. Salvages wreck of party town (3,5)

38. With one time out, scatters wildly and forms into new shape (7)

39. Ends of expanse, and defining side lines (5)

DOWN

1. Beloved leader? You've got to be ... ? (6)

2. Source of 27-Down drugs: 13-Across (3)

3. Source of health is rebuilt self ... he gets brave (5,10)

4. American month one (4)

5. Manuscript follows construction of lego robots (6)

6. Some sporadic decor? (10,5)

7. Ugly bad players of 20-Down mouth lines without note (7)

8. Having only 20-Across, from being slow in lessons (7)

14. Party town in various guises (3)

17. Each right left with a vestige of aristocracy (4)

18. Some sign up some wildlife (3)

19. Premature fight result ... I carp (3)

20. Cultural baggage's nasty role: ... (4)

21. ... one crazed 12-Across ... (3)

23,12-Across. ... even pinches angles from animated film! (3,3)

25. Fine Cotton scam: brick veneer lost (7)

27,36. Gong gets returned - "no way" to Christmas special (3,3)

28. Nicks shuts - about time (6)

36. see 27