3 Ruffians getting the Yanks out of breath? (5)
8 Lofty accommodation (5)
10 Given only $4, I’d be angry! (5)
11 To be the boss, you need dash! (3)
12 See a bird as a criminal (5)
13 New part of Los Angeles, where French is spoken (7)
15 Going on foot, indeed comes to a sticky end! (5)
18 State drama company? (3)
19 Live somewhere posh? (6)
21 He can order a chap to change gear (7)
22 Badly missing (4)
23 Be warm hearted and put up with things (4)
24 Being worn, can it cause a skid? (7)
26 What’s the score? (6)
29 Kind of drum needing attention? (3)
31 Prophet’s little house by the sea (5)
32 Maybe scared about the piano getting scratched? (7)
34 Seaman determined to get around (5)
35 Something supportive for a sportsman (3)
36 She makes a promising start with a nobleman (5)
37 Such charges may be dropped (5)
38 Hunts or looks around central Hackney (5)
1 Scatter carelessly, it’s true (5)
2 The digger has a name for it (7)
4 Have a fling? (4)
5 Frown on goods starting to be interior (6)
6 Bill, the Dickens of a villain! (5)
7 Grazing for a group of horses? (5)
9 Vessel in which a nut gets cracked (3)
12 How to surpass in competence (7)
14 Indigent, being reduced in rank? (3)
16 Has it a regular route around the interior? (5)
17 Long to finish a story and get paid (5)
19 Regard as a wraithlike spectre (7)
20 She has complete confidence (5)
21 Social conventions further south (5)
23 Be judged and scolded (7)
24 Source of bleats and whinnies (6)
25 The usual, of course (3)
27 Have they less than two husbands between them? (5)
28 Comes close to Spithead? (5)
30 They’re falsely called choppers (5)
32 Something to do with a straw (4)
33 Go and reciprocate (3)
1 Magic formula (5)
2 Skin pigment (7)
4 Attack (4)
5 Fuel (6)
6 Sewer (5)
7 Rubber sap (5)
9 Golf peg (3)
12 Seasoned campaigner (7)
14 Total (3)
16 Lawful, informally (5)
17 Thick (5)
19 Idolised (7)
20 Smithy (5)
21 Scottish landowner (5)
23 Fantastic (7)
24 Set (6)
25 Pull (3)
27 Chosen few (5)
28 Repasts (5)
30 Type of element (5)
32 Peruse (4)
33 Spoil (3)