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This is frustrating me enormously because I can't solve the last three reels nor 39a and 31d. Any subtle nudge would be greatly appreciated.

Got reel 35 now.

Now only reel 37 to crack which will give me 31d & 39a by default. I have the 45 cells highlighted, but baffled by what to do now!!

Full grid now, but mightily perplexed by the fragments. My four two word "phrases" mean nothing to me, even when paired with the first block that is to be highlighted.

How does the wordplay of 10 work? I have the answer.

Thanks Lewap for explanation of 34. I'm still at a loss for reels 35 and 36 however, and 16d

Just seen reel 35, a minute after posting!

Dylan, in 16 bar is a preposition.

Impressive endgame and good and tough clues. Yet filling the grid was rather a grind, with very little help to be got from the ones already entered. I wonder how the editors assessed this against the usual guidelines for checked letters? Take eg reel 5. That has 3 unchecked letters out of 8, but 3 of the checked ones are provided by 1d, so in practice it's much worse than having 5/8 checked, even without the fact that the checked letters are jumbled. It seemed stingy when solving.
Fortunately enough help was got by filling in the thematic bits towards the end.

Could someone give me a hint for 15 and 28 reels? For 15 I have letters that don't seem to work whichever direction I choose. I've double-checked my entries so far and can't see an error.