9a Scoring shot in which a player thrusts the ball down through the basket (4,4)
11a Short shaft or pin on which a mechanism turns or oscillates; a fulcrum (5)
12a Position of an oar turned parallel to the water between strokes to reduce wind resistance (7)
14a Nymph deprived of speech by Hera so that she could only repeat the words of others (4)
18a 1967 single Jimi Hendrix, released with the B-side 'Burning of the Midnight Lamp' (4)
28a System of body parts or organs that has a particular function (5)
29a Main upright timber or structure at the bow of a vessel (4)
36a To be played emphasis; literally meaning 'using force' (9)
38a Normal electrical activity of the brain when conscious and relaxed, occurring at a frequency of 8 to 12 hertz and detectable with an electroencephalograph (5,6)
39a Thin film of oxide formed on the surface of a metal, especially the green oxidation of bronze or copper (6)
4d High-quality black tea made from young leaves and buds; from Chinese meaning 'white down' (5)
23d Steepness of a roof, especially when expressed as a ratio of height to span (5)
30d Fragrant gum resin obtained from trees of the African and South Asian genus Commiphora, used in perfumery, medicines and incense (5)
34d British rock band who topped the charts with Blockbuster! in 1973 (5)
I may have mentioned these points before, ricxx, but:
1)if you bookmark scorrpiojo's link you can use that site each week to get all these answers. It would save all that time typing these out.
2) You can acknowledge answers by replying to your own question with a message of your choice.
Good luck
Yes, some users have a browser issue- I recall some don't make it easy to reply to one's own questions as the submit button doesn't appear.
It's not really an effort Captain2- the bulk of the effort seems to fall on ricxx who has to type out all those clues (and he must do that rather than copy and paste as there are some typos) but he always get answers so he must be doing something right