Across: 1. Shooters turned up with noodles (9) 6,27. Lad finally keen, with 50% attendance, but body odour vicious... he was seen hanging out with gorillas! (5 12) 10. Ms Peron "runner" perhaps if heading to the west ... which is not meant literally (10) 11,26dn. Masterpiece by 6 27 and 1 - neither loaf about! (4 2 5) 12. Mostly seamless transition for disease going from rare to rampant in USA (7) 14,36. Bitcoin loses 43% late, with talk of Israel taking over top of strip and major work dropped by 37 (7 4) 16. Playwright, with training, more concise around introductions of his artistic fellows (5 7) 21,25. Fuss with this type of list (2 2) 23. Run of 2,3,4 in card game (3) 25. see 21 27. see 6 30. Article slammed performance (7) 32. He starts to call knowing he'll engage performer ultimately? (7) 36. see 14 37. Musician is mad, lives erratically (5 5) 38. Central patch in Asia? (5) 39. Steve lied about broadcast (9) Down: 2. Similarly, king involved in a deception (5) 3. Only some equal with American 16 work (5) 4. One established with American 16 work (7) 5. Long and complicated recipe... but not about to turn back! (4) 7. Cold air beginning to flow north from the same source (2 3) 8. Change according to tense subject and mood felt in wandering around capital of 38 (7) 9. Misrepresent fellow in faith (6) 12. Major opinion piece struck a glum tone (5) 13. see 35 15. Frugal John and Zohran's city (5) 17. Scoundrel ruined art (3) 18. Sound of shape and tone (3) 19. Attachment to watch for, otherwise bonding starts! (3) 20. Where the voice will come to you - in heart of heart's (3) 22. Not oneself, with the end of so many relatives (5) 24. Flue adapted so you can get energy from it (4) 26. see 11 across 28. A major upset, as requires true heads-up? (6) 29. Keep an eye on poetry in Old English (7) 31. TV naturalist with a lot of flair wins (5) 33. TV naturalist often seen sporting this bit of Gurkha kit (5) 34. Force out, former life dashed? (5) 35,13. Australian wasps injecting joints with histamine via tails (4 4) Solution: CAMERAMEN=DAVID| =L=Q=M=P=B=D=N=| FIGURATIVE=LIFE| =K=U=D=C=L=O=L=| MEASLES=BITCHES| O=N==U=C=E===C=| PETERSHAFFER=TO| E=S=A=UNO=A=F=T| DO=ATTENBOROUGH| =N===R=Y=V==E=E| RECITAL=HECKLER| =A=R=U=B=R=H=X=| BREW=MILESDAVIS| =T=I=A=U=E=K=L=| CHINA=TELEVISED| Name: 904 - Vicious Odour Author: by BenDR Annos-Across: 1. CAME + RAMEN 6,27. D + AVID + ATTEN(dance) + BO + ROUGH 10. rev( EVITA RUG IF ) 11,26dn. *( NEITHER LOAF ) 12. *( SEAMLES(s) ) 14,36. BITC(oin) + S(trip) in HEBREW 16. PE + TERS( HAFF )ER 21,25. dd 23. (r)UN O(f) 30. *ARTICLE 32. HE + C(all) K(nowing) + (he'l)L (engag)E (performe)R, &lit 37. *( IS MAD LIVES ) 38. centre of (pat)CH IN A(sia), &lit 39. *( STEVE LIED ) Annos-Down: 2. K in ( A LIE ) 3. EQU(al) + US 4. A MADE + US 5. rev( (re)CIPE ) 7. rev( COLD A(ir) ) 8. C(hina) in *( FELT IN ) 9. BELIE + F 12. M + OP-ED 15. CAN + NY 17. *ART 18. hp( HEW ) 19. acr F(or) O(therwise) B(onding) 20. middle of (h)EAR(t) 22. end of brother, mother, grandmother, etc. 24. *FLUE 28. rev acr A M(ajor) U(pset) A(s) R(equires) T(rue) < , &lit 29. O + VERSE + E 31. tel (fla)IR WIN(s) 33. tel (gur)KHA KI(t) 34. EX + *LI(f)E, &lit 35,13. (histamin)E (vi)A in BLUNTS Defs-Across: 1. Shooters 6,27. he was seen hanging out with gorillas 10. not meant literally 11,26dn. Masterpiece by 6 27 and 1 12. disease going from rare to rampant in USA 14,36. major work dropped by 37 16. Playwright 21,25. Fuss 21,25. type of list 23. card game 30. performance 32. He starts to call knowing he'll engage performer ultimately? (7) 37. Musician 38. Central patch in Asia? (5) 39. broadcast Defs-Down: 2. Similarly 3. 16 work 4. 16 work 5. Long and complicated 7. from the same source 8. Change according to tense subject and mood 9. faith 12. struck a glum tone 15. Frugal 17. Scoundrel 18. tone 19. Attachment to watch 20. Where the voice will come to you 22. Not oneself 24. you can get energy from it 28. A major upset, as requires true heads-up? (6) 29. Keep an eye on 31. TV naturalist 33. TV naturalist often seen sporting this 34. Force out, former life dashed? (5) 35,13. Australian wasps