Cryptic crossword

Across

3 Kind of officer concerned with recruitment? (5) 8 Fighting among great

warriors (2,3) 10 Picking it was a ropy

job (5)

11 Moved swiftly in

transit (3)

12 Express disgust when a letter gets torn to shreds (5)

13 It's a touching thing to

do (7)

15 Value of getting the

time about right? (5) 18 Time to back up '14

Down' (3)

19 How to handle a piece

of cake (6)

21 Alleged reason for an advanced piece of writing? (7)

22 Frank has nothing to

write (4)

23 Terrible rough ride! (4) 24 Dedicated to being

disfranchised? (7) 26 One who has a job to

hang curtains? (6) 29 Message half of us get

so wrong! (3) 31 Nominal maker of

sails (5)

32 Stopped work, being just about exhausted? (7)

34 Not exactly vivid, but

arguably colourful! (5) 35 Hole in a cooking

appliance (3)

36 Not very

emphatically! (5)

37 If obtuse, can never be

right (5)

38 A Russian name for

cloth (5)

Down

1 It helps prevent a cutthroat from being blunt (5)

2 Magic light? (7)

4 A colourful

suggestion (4)

5 A layout as required by a piece of material (6)

6 Feast arranged by

goddesses (5)

7 An opening in optics

for a learner (5)

9 The western one is

pale (3) 12 Have one's fling as a

broadcaster? (7) 14 Have a double life in the Trafalgar Square area (3) 16 Uncompromising, to

be exact (5)

17 Some pretty pestilent

sorts! (5)

19 Shown up in

camera (7)

20 Clubs in shady

locations (5)

21 For the pianist, it can

be sustaining (5) 23 Could the tattooist have them on people? (7)

24 A half dead stallion

has a certain need (6) 25 Child brought up to be

equable (3)

27 Only one pound in the

red, but unhappy (5) 28 Looks a bit sick due to

quiet drinks (5)

30 An answer you can depend on being softhearted (5)

32 Central Haringey, possible scene of fighting (4)

33 Singular clothing can never be all the rage! (3)