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Good Morning - well it could be better as I'm stuck on the last two :

39A - Where to stop running complete range (6, 4)
?I?I?H ?I??
&
27D - Fish with idiot on banks (6)
?R?S??

27, with is "w"
on is "re"
idiot is "ass"
Wrasse.

Finish line ?

39 Finish Line, where to stop running. Finish = complete, Line = range.

Rusty & Malone, Thanks.

You have reached the conclusions to which I came.

BUT, where is the "banks" in WRASSE? That is what lead to my indecision - that & preferring the expression "Finishing Line".

Bear, the word "re" is the banks.
It is on either side of "ass", therefore banking "ass".

I saw the parsing for WRASSE as "with" (W) + "ASS" inside of "RE" (on), "RE" therefore banking "ASS".
Whilst I'm on, can anyone explain the connection with "FROG" in the clue for 40 Down, which is:-
"Lucky charm that protects frog", the answer for which is "HORSESHOE".

The frog is part of the horse's foot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_(horse_anatomy)

I thought that it probably was but I couldn't find any reference to substantiate it.

Rusty,

Thanks again.

I'm obviously being excessively dim!!