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Thanks finn

@ Finn: I think you may well be right on the connection:I only noticed the title is almost Baddies, which would have some bearing on the theme!
Can anyone explain the missing vowel in 37d:
I have R?IST, but none of the possibilities seem(s) to have any relevance to the clue!For those without the clue, it's "One telling tale dealing with sinner".

...sorry, got the clues confused:the right one is "Row about swallowing special cure"!

All cleared up now --- except the business of the relevance of the title.

greedy kite-if you haven't got 37d-REI(S)T-cure(smoke)

Thank you nevertheless, AJH. Any conjectures on the title?

only just started it so not yet!

Then good luck: it's not exactly easy --- but all of a sudden it all fell into place with me!

A DITE (bad diet) is a composition.

A weak suggestion but I can't think of anything else.

A diet can be an assembly. I think this is just an assembly of bad people.