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14a. Briefly stand upright to drink old port (7) - BRISTOL (Port)

27a. Swearword - hold it back in speech (6) - DAMMIT (Swearword)

34a. Busy opening swindle, needs such an alibi? (4,4) - CAST IRON (Such an alibi) - How does 'Busy opening swindle' = Cast iron?

38d. Unfortunate to be canvassed a final time? (4-3-3) - DOWN AND OUT (Unfortunate)

18a. One watched one under here (6) - ?I?D?E 'BIRDIE' could fit the definition as in 'Watch the birdie' and 'One under' in golf is a 'Birdie' but that the leaves the word 'Here' unaccounted for so I think I'm wrong.

Astir - busy + con - swindle = c astir on?

Canvassed as in knocked to the canvas in boxing, so "down and out"?

Dam - hold it back, in speech- sounds like so- Hold " it " back sounds like dammit?

14a brist(o)le less the 'e'

Thanks Ab, thanks Chiff. Any ideas about the last one?

The birdie clue is at 18 Across, so 18th hole (in golf) maybe?

That is brilliant. Many thanks Malone.