Coded Message by The Tall’n

Puzzle explanation

The message, initially advanced by three places alphabetically, was “Turing decoded Enigma in Hut Eight, Bletchley Park, using Bombe” (his name for the decoding machine). Unscrambling UNGIRT to TURING, MOB BE to BOMBE and GAMINE to ENIGMA produced new words in the crossing entries. In WWII, the Allies sent false messages to mislead the enemy into expecting D-Day attacks concentrated at CALAIS rather than Normandy.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Answer Explanation [encoded letters]
Across
4 BURSTED ([G]ETS + RU[E]) <
9 RAUNS S[Q]UAR(e) <
10 ILLIPE (PIE + [O]IL) *
11 INCH NIC[K] *
14 ENTERIC [H] + N + T + [F]IRE <
15 NOTAEUMS E[X] in [W]OMAN’S *
16 ABATIS AB + (I SA[W]) *
17 MOSSAD MO[V]ES − E + A + [G]
19 LUGE LUG + (Frenc)[H]
20 CHENILLE (NEC[K] + [H]E’[L]L) * with L for E
22 ALBITE AL[L] around B + TE
24 LANCED [G]ALE * around [Q]C
25 DANGERED DAN + [H]ERD * around [J]
26 GLUG ([J]UL(y) + [J]) <
27 ESCHAR ES + RAC[K] *
29 REMORA ([P]O + R) in RE[D]
30 SATRAPAL SA[W] + RA[S] + LA <
34 MANCALA (MAN + C + L[D]) around A
35 BENI ((s)[L](y) N(i)E(c)[E](s)) <
36 GO-KART (GK + A[U]TO) with O moved toward the front
37 ABRIN AR[E] * + I[Q]
38 DISLINK D + IS + LIN[N]
39 AREOLE [H]AROLD * − D + [H]
Down
1 URINAL LA[X] < around RIN
2 GUCK [J]OCK with U for O
3 TIROS [W] + IRONS − N
5 ULNA (m)U(f)L(o)N (j)A(w)
6 RITE homophone of RIGHT
7 TERMS THERMS − H
8 EGIS IS after EG
12 NEBULAS NEB + SAUL *
13 UNIATE UNITE around A
17 MEL MELT − T
18 ALEURON NEURON with (A + L) for the first letter
21 NAVELS NAVE + L + S
22 ADEEMED DEEM in AE + D
23 ERR R after ER
28 CANGS GS after CAN
29 RAITA RITA around A
30 SARI R in SAI
31 RAKI (per)IKAR(yon) <
32 ALAN A + LAN
33 HERO HE + RO
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