Cryptic crossword

Across

3 They're licked and

eaten (5)

8 Machine used for work in the Mediterranean (5) 10 Wrongly rinse in

something sticky (5) 11 Blend number 1009 (3) 12 As eaten with some

tinned potatoes? (5) 13 He has a job taking

care (7)

15 It's noticeably tall we

are, in height (5) 18 Source of a bit of a

scare on the road? (3) 19 The bullfighter rushed

right to the ring! (6) 21 Continue making

comedies (5,2)

22 I get to the fore,

nominally (4)

23 In fact, decided to dispense with detectives (4) 24 Broadcast jazzy singing half the winter (7)

26 Badly stored in a

country area (6) 29 An atom in motion (3) 31 A tracking aid (5) 32 Took undue interest but posed no problem (7)

34 As things are, a mere

existence (5) 35 Possibly not a

weight? (3) 36 Showing envy out of

inexperience? (5) 37 It's not great at the

shallow end (5)

38 A person not getting

on, one gathers? (5)

Down

1 She won out as a

mother (5)

2 A sort of wave of

support (7)

4 In the army, you

learn (4)

5 A little matter for the professional heavyweight (6)

6 His wife gives him an

article (5)

7 A better judge? (5) 9 On course, apt to be in

a hole (3)

12 See the misguided

rector as right! (7) 14 Jack may be low in

cigarettes (3)

16 River mistaken for a

sewer? (5) 17 Anchorages shown on

ordinary maps (5) 19 Sounding one's horn somewhere near Streatham (7)

20 Learns the fishy bits about a trading centre (5)

21 Capital rhyme for a

tyro (5)

23 Meant to dote madly

on little Dennis (7) 24 Calm directions to a

Frenchman (6)

25 A sound figure but

excessively so! (3) 27 Some composer's opus

for a long time (5) 28 New robes, not

gaudy (5)

30 The part involving

decimalisation (5) 32 Price cut? (4)

33 Music with 'go' (3)