Each of twelve clues contains a superfluous word. 9 of these words are unclued lights, which are of a kind. Ignore an accent in one unclued light.
Across
7 Crowds around gold bowls (6)
12 Mole shuffled by, skirting soft fruit (9, hyphened)
15 Begin harangue imbued with independent spirit (9)
16 Catch including aged shell (6, two words)
21 Soprano, a singer about old bar (6)
22 Ordered appeal, on reflection, passed (6)
24 Adventure aces arranged meant positive trouble (8)
26 United in silence, left synagogue (4)
27 Turned tree sap strange (3)
29 Area in zodiac reversed (4)
32 Flog novel at par value, accepting pence (8)
35 Provided priest around Italian town (6)
37 Oneness I cut in broadcast conclusion of story (7)
39 Flocks beginning to arrive earlier captured by films (6)
42 Enlarged desire possessing worried knight (9)
44 Revive curer, refreshed in repose (9)
45 Gunners, extremely stern number, shoot (6)
46 Slope behind stone trough (6)
Down
1 Demons occupying grim psychic (4)
2 Goddess upset nut, leader of overseen idolaters in confusion (7)
3 Tissue, good indeed, absorbing iodine (4)
4 Furious fray dividing valley up (7)
6 Rubbish around curtilage one depicts (6)
8 Miss cat, very lost (4)
10 Gauge mobile network, rising (5)
11 Picture seer got involved force (10)
18 Recovered agent raised cheers (9)
19 Scottish wanderer terribly grave as it rained? Right (10)
25 Split after outrage endlessly obvious (8)
26 Sense in moving east of Italian city (8)
31 Ruin inhabited by unknown northern bird (7)
36 Arranged mantra upset game (5)
38 Oil over dry old sticker (4)
40 Plan date in return that is accepted (4)
41 Alien for instance climbing gorge (4)
A first prize of £30 for the first correct solution opened on 9 September.
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