Pride comes before a fall.
I identified the work in the preamble, filled in the answers to clued lights and to all the unclued lights until I came to 38A. I have a word with an anagram which is sensible but not the word in my version of the work nor a synonym of it. Any HINTS, please?
@ kayakamina: I know you're marvellous.............so could you please explain my last one,39a, without quoting it:the def. is obvious, but could you just give a HINT only on the rest of the play on words? I must be blind (-ed by love,of course)!
...and thank you again,Daniel, for the early start you made possible (the other link produces a microscopic copy) -- much appreciated here, at least, where we get up ealier anyway (so to speak)!