In each of 14 clues, the cryptic indication omits reference to one letter of the answer. These letters must be highlighted, to reveal the name of someone who has had a number of 43, some of which are unclued lights, individually or paired. Each of the remaining clues comprises a definition part and a hidden consecutive jumble of the answer including one extra letter; the extras are the unchecked letters of all seven unclued lights. One unclued light consists of three words, and one consists of two words.
Across
1 Earmark bozo unloading gun (8)
5 Ever so bad and at large (6)
9 Erroneous archaic utterance (10)
14 Black cat rejuvenated (3)
16 Composer keeping line clean (6)
17 Cargo omitting tool used by surveyors (5)
18 See Arabian monetary unit (5)
20 Speak at length about measure embraced by teacher (7, two words)
22 Protoplasm appeared on screen (7)
24 Sound lecturer understood plutocrat (7, hyphened)
25 Escape horrible date (5)
26 Hero guarantees assembly (5)
28 Source of dye within one tin (7)
31 Unconventional outfit recalled most productive period (7)
33 Warrant retracted before second edition (7)
37 Distribute tax returns (5)
38 Formerly chilled crowd clapped (5)
39 Bushman greeting modification (6)
41 Monarch broke association up (10)
42 Desert plant material (6)
Down
3 Autocrat to covet book (6)
4 Some run around pine forest (5)
6 Team endlessly supporting British judge (7)
7 Authority sailor created (6)
8 Shrewd autograph collector (4)
10 Absolute lunatic beginning to use tinder (6)
11 Distinguish between mate and lieutenant turning up on craft (9, two words)
13 Figure skater in light (8)
19 Run into debt, certainly not gliding (9)
21 Peculiar halo covering lichen (8)
23 Recruit lying about nimbleness (7)
27 Month with Republican, coarse patriarch (7)
29 Language about pound left impression (6)
30 Keen to survey collection of newsgroups (6)
32 Sage storyteller holds forth (6)
34 Silk museum or institute (5)
35 Myriad flamboyant masks (5)
A first prize of £30...
Columba
2097: Spaced
issue 26 January 2013
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