The Session by Gila

Puzzle explanation

The “having a drink” answers had a type of drink inserted before entry in the grid. The “drunk” answers were entered as an anagram. The “hangover” entries had an extra letter appended before entry.

For 20dn, a hangover entry, PASTY was accepted as an alternative to PASTA, because the proportion of carbohydrates by weight in a pasty is almost as much as in pasta.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Answer (unclued letter) Entry Explanation [extra letter]
Across
1 UNREALISM  *SEMILUNAR U(ncommo)N + REAL + IS + M(inted)
8 BUR BUR-P RUB <
12 DEMO(N)IACAL   (COLA + I MADE) *
13 T(R)OUTS   TOUT + S(mell)
14 GRO(V)E   (G)EORG(ia) <
15 AIRS AIR[PORT]S AIRS
17 GAD(I)   G(u)A(r)D
20 RECIPE  *PIERCE (EPIC + ER) <
21 (E)XTRA   X + ART <
22 ASSES ASSES-S A + SESS <
24 RETAIN  *NERITA RAIN around (p)(r)ET(t)(y)
26 (S)HALLI   ALL in HI
28 GUIDO(N)   GUID + O
30 ETH(O)S   ETH + (ha)S
32 SAG SA[VIN]G GAS <
33 (T)EME   (th)E (botto)M (leagu)E
35 A(I)RSCREW   CR in WEARS *
37 (A)DULT   L in DUT(y)
38 STR(I)AE   S + EART(h) <
39 RECEI(V)ABLE   (BEER + A + L(iqueur) + ICE) *
40 PRO PRO-D PR + O’
41 CONED CON[TENT]ED CON + ED
Down
2 EBRIATE   (p)RI[M]ATE after ((on)E + B)
3 MOO MOO-R O in MO
4 LET OUT   [A]LE + TOUT
5 NORTH AMERICAN   N(aomi) + (MOR[E] THAN) * around ERICA
6 ANTS   AS around N[A]T
7 RIGGISH   [P]RIGGISH
8 BAS BA[RYE]S BAS(s)
9 AVER  *RAVE A + VER(y)
10 PLEB PLEB-E (L(ogistics) + E) in PB
11 STAG STA[GIN]G (again)ST AG(e-old)
16 OR ELSE   [L]OREL + S(wor)E
18 DERIVE   VIDE[O] * around ER
19 ORANG   GO[T] < around RAN
20 PAST PAST-A T(raining) after (PS around A)
23 SINEWED   ([R]ED WINE’S) *
25 ENTOTIC  *TONETIC TOT in (EN + I/C)
27 LIE LI[MEAD]E L(ambrusco) + IE
29 DID DI[ALE]D D + ID
31 SLEUTH  *HUSTLE LEU in ST + H
32 SCAR SCAR-P CAR after S
34 ODER   [C]ODER
35 VOAR  *ARVO AR after (V + O)
36 RIFT   [A]FRIT *
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