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BestCrosswords.com - "Shortcuts" by Gareth Bain on 10/3/2009 [hard]
Across 3- U.S. Cable TV channel data on a weapon of mass destruction (1-4); 8- Take gold for pudding (6); 9- Bass-player? (6); 10- Speed of little African carnivore (5); 11- Actor ironed horribly (2,4); 12- Wrong dosage for salt (3,3); 13- An assassin, Nina wields a javelin (5); 15- Girls lose their heads and expose their rears (5); 18- A mate for starters (1-4); 21- Man in the street has nice zit (7); 23- Instrument is played poorly by Joan with a bottle opener (5); 24- A girl sets off to find Holy cup (5); 25- Work it out, else try to fashion anew (7); 26- Tossed her in a river (5); 29- Guitarist Cooder takes everybody to motor-race (5); 32- Fauns cause mayhem (5); 35- No calf can be a bird (6); 36- Stabs a pop singer (6); 37- Duck in concert bears fruit (5); 38- Deceptively remote astronomical body (6); 39- Play another drop shot - it means you're losing! (3,3); 40- Verse composed for Civil Rights martyr (5);   Down 1- Accidentally scares a touch (6); 2- Impersonate Taylor with energy in a Central American country (6); 3- Ben's follower on a lake (5); 4- Soft Englishman hides frequently (5); 5- Put up a slab of wood (5); 6- Shocked Turkish official a good man (6); 7- MD changes bone into hat! (6) (6); 14- Lively bird catches some z's (5); 15- Walker rejects "Safety first!" - a sign to slow down (5); 16- Nun is secretly a Muslim!(5); 17- Cut some music (5); 18- German golfer is topless, causes ire (5); 19- Neeson goes back east initially to get new post (5); 20- Disney star really a Limey? (5); 22- Boxer is stony, but undisciplined (5); 27- Toss knight into the air (6); 28- Steal the Spanish metal (6); 30- Talked about male or female issue (6); 31- Cat has most of arm lodged in part of its throat (6); 32- Norse make strange music at night (5); 33- A squad in reserve (5); 34- Ruses of employers (5);