3 Be loyal or there’ll be punishment! (5)
8 Italian name for Mr Abramovich (5)
10 Correct girth! (5)
11 Uncle back from Massachusetts (3)
12 Fear of a deity, I see (5)
13 In Spain, a sportsman, but a cad at heart (7)
15 Does it taste like steak mince? (5)
18 Hole in a cooking apple (3)
19 Shorten a letter to the city (6)
21 We all have places to worship (7)
22 Soup-stirring music? (4)
23 Drink better in the absence of a teetotaler (4)
24 Be judged and reprimanded (7)
26 Not quite the best place in antiquity? (6)
29 French born (3)
31 Having heard amiss, rushed like mad! (5)
32 The “F” word in dancing (7)
34 Poplar is like an enclosed area (5)
35 Drink up doggedly? (3)
36 Language of the Chindits (5)
37 Such charges can be very damaging (5)
38 In the market, possibly one’s last pound? (5)
1 It’s used in varnishes, etc., and making irons (5)
2 When a mare gets old, there are compensations (7)
4 Charge a new rate (a rip-off?) (4)
5 Dire moments when a tragic end crops up (6)
6 The excitements of soccer? (5)
7 Why we’re told half the team is Caucasian (5)
9 Protective cover for a machine part (3)
12 Flowers forming food for father! (7)
14 Engineering work to beaver away at (3)
16 Required some pasta half cooked! (5)
17 Perhaps double the work in bookkeeping (5)
19 Asian country the French have an exclusion on? (7)
20 Is down and out in the Scottish borders(5)
21 Could you plant it in a tub with a bit of water? (5)
23 Vegetable name applied to insects (7)
24 Accommodation a chap’s occupying in part (6)
25 Stately nickname for an American! (3)
27 A half portion; only a bit left, as is customary (5)
28 They’re pretty strung up! (5)
30 A letter to post, perhaps, for the old people (5)
32 Evil thing to do to a tree? (4)
33 Rhythmic performance by an artist at the piano (3)
