Six unclued lights are synonymous with one unclued light which, according to a quotation in ODQ, is 38 43 (five words). The key light is integral to the name of the quotation’s author, which must be highlighted.
Across
1 Boats, bad in parts, seem abandoned (14, two words)
9 Joke about current revelry (4)
11 Tories in error bash broadcast (9)
14 Cheats once or twice around end, losing marks (6)
16 See poem turning true (5)
17 Gets away from contemptible people, not united (5)
20 Baronet in love, ill-mannered, thrust forward (7)
24 Prayers from bishop and me in garden (7)
25 Cycle in square with rail round (5)
26 Quarrel, not having book in hand (5)
28 Applies to receive European jackets (7)
31 Examines exercises and tricks (7)
34 More treacherous, reverse of clear and level (7)
37 Take and approve Japanese dish (5)
40 Lines in old article jar (4)
41 Bird in tree with strange secret (9)
42 Soldiers around whale (4)
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