5  Thanks for every candle (5)

 9  Rushed out of France (3)

10 Nonsense food (5)

11 Choir is hardly foreign at heart (5)

12 Drink of character, say (3)

13 Ready for collectio (3)

14 Time of underachievement (3)

16 Wooden record (3)

18 Darren’s off on a mission (6)

21 Thus get attorney a drink (4)

23 Unattractive-sounding food (4)

26 Composer sounds more correct (6)

29 Proverbially busy flier (3)

31 Roderick’s verse (3)

32 Consume in one attempt (3)

34 Decree is flawed internally (3)

36 Agitate a small fish (5)

37 Dealing with waste is hard work (5)

38 The offence of losing (3)

39 Guide the bullock (5)

40 Exhaust first person in broadcast (5)

 1  Credit deity with drama (6)

 2  Unusual not to be well done (4)

 3  Joined the team (6)

 4  Moved there, solvent (5)

 5  Giant bird article (5)

 6  Copy of the tapestry (3)

 7  Sound like orange skin, say (4)

 8  Call for some jewellery (4)

15 Extreme form of braid (5)

17 Fuel from the boiler (3)

19 Unprepared for war breaking out (3)

20 Expected condensation, say (3)

22 Bored with raw material (3)

24 Musical lubricant (6)

25 Plan at home to join nurse (6)

27 Argumentative sportsman (5)

28 Cricket matches are a trial on Sunday (5)

29 Chief sobs uncontrollably (4)

30 Feel serious and different inside (4)

33 Like a family (4)

35 Wonder in a drawer (3)