3 Maybe it was waspish (5)
8 Doesn’t exist, but he had his land! (2,3)
10 Fishy figure at church (5)
11 An exceptional word of iffy associations (3)
12 Fatheaded Noel became a criminal (5)
13 Note it’s in the dial that such tuning may seem special (7)
15 Like bad cordage? (5)
18 Is edible but don’t bolt it (3)
19 Like a ruddy cherry! (6)
21 Mostly bilge arranged in readable style (7)
22 Released without charge (4)
23 So pure hearted, yet bitter (4)
24 Fruitful device for forcing ink to flow? (7)
26 Good for you; being without one could make you bleed (6)
29 Animal with a slot in its back? (3)
31 Nominally French, she's born again (5)
32 Sobriquet some person meant to change (3,4)
34 The lad had a bit of zeal but didn't work much (5)
35 Modern poetry? (3)
36 Possibly backward performances (5)
37 Express dismay because the little old lady has nothing (5)
38 Time to go west and seek change (5)
1 Flier’s beautiful head in wrought iron (5)
2 Show a new inmate the key (7)
4 Abraham Lincoln initially, or Dickens’s Magwitch (4)
5 A level floor (6)
6 Singer from the snow-white North (5)
7 Some consecrated ground, possibly? (5)
9 In a police shot, the face of a stick-up man? (3)
12 As caused by a punitive task (7)
14 Portuguese vessel? (3)
16 Its special point may be driven into a crevice (5)
17 Have a longing, yes, to join the navy (5)
19 Struck on the back and put in irons (7)
20 A bid said to bring no honour? (5)
21 Admitted during the ballet interval (3,2)
23 Lady soaring around (7)
24 Gratify one during sleep, perhaps (6)
25 Christopher's outfit (3)
27 Ted turns up outside an office or station (5)
28 Under treatment for an elbow? (5)
30 Sort of campaign to break wild mares! (5)
32 Like busy hours for the mountaineer? (4)
33 Bustling activity in the Prado, Madrid (3)