ACROSS
1.  SOLEDAD BROTHERS
9.  ANGIE
10. EXILE
11. REDBONE
15. DELP
17. BETA
18. ADIEU
19. NWA
20. NEAR
21. NEAT
22. SOMETHING
24. DIDO
25. LOBO
26. NOD
27. NURSE
29. LEGS
31. SORE
33. NON-STOP
37. VINCE
38. OMAHA
39. RAW AND THE COOKED

DOWN
1.  STAND AND DELIVER
2.  LEGAL
3.  DYER
4.  DODD
5.  RICO
6.  TREE
7.  ELITE
8.  STEWART COPELAND
12. ELI
13. BLUETONES
14. NANCI
16. PARSONS
17. BANGLES
23. MODJO
28. RIO
30. GO NOW
32. OZARK
33. NEON
34. NEXT
35. TIDE
36. POCO

S O L E D A D B R O T H E R S
T * E * Y * O * I * R * L * T
A N G I E * D * C * E X I L E
N * A * R E D B O N E * T * W
D E L P * L * L * A * B E T A
A * * A D I E U * N W A * * R
N E A R * * * E * C * N E A T
D * * S O M E T H I N G * * C
D I D O * O * O * * * L O B O
E * * N O D * N U R S E * * P
L E G S * J * E * I * S O R E
I * O * N O N S T O P * Z * L
V I N C E * E * I * O M A H A
E * O * X * O * D * C * R * N
R A W A N D T H E C O O K E D

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The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the 
point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.