The unclued lights (two of three and one of two words), when preceded by the same word which solvers must include along with their completed grid, can be verified in Brewer.
Across
9 Small cafe spoken of in ski-lift (4, hyphened)
11 Computer functions ’til a server crashes (10)
16 Mature writer backed Ireland first (5)
17 It’s cold, but hot when one is there! (5)
20 Art isn’t moving knight (7)
21 100% cure rate with great valerian (7)
24 Dazzling light upset Elgar (5)
25 Nets from fleet in rough sea (5)
27 Huddle in a photo (7, two words)
30 Copper’s most appalling habits (7)
32 Seat of extreme Arab state (7)
36 Relative is an opener in Paris (5)
37 It happened during 1917 (5)
38 Athletes run into Roman soldier (6)
39 Dot’s partner remains after date (4)
40 Sailor is fitting in, embraced by worker for Protestant sect (10)
41 Pole is nuts (4)
Down
2 Files of small fruit (5)
3 Love shooting practice here in the Principality (6)
4 Laths fashioned in foreign alloy (5)
5 Judge reviewing top spacecraft (7)
6 Gull with fish, crying feebly (7)
7 Valuable possession artist’s given to charity without honour (6)
8 Obsequious associates possibly seen 1D (9)
10 Types of diamonds (10)
13 Casual son.
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