The unclued lights (one of three words and two of two words), individually or as a pair, are of a kind.
Across
5 Bit of tiffin is hardly perfect (6)
12 Fail to see active service (5)
13 Waistcoat cloth that’s not in ablutions (8)
16 Beer mug in set cracked (5)
17 Mourns for old sheriffs (7)
18 Additionally suggest Tory memo (7)
20 Civic dignitary, a lord, with topless Berliner, say (8)
26 Extra portion of lamb? Yes! (3)
27 Tailless bird – dead duck in the Loire (6)
29 Aussie expert involved with 8 for 1A (3)
30 Notice amateur point out adjustment (8)
36 Ill-defined mixture with half the relish (7)
39 Girl in NE Scotland removing bit of core from fruit (5)
41 Panorama is a winner in Virginia (5)
43 Resort town – SE Somerset town (6)
44 Comic poet off-centre at end of game (7)
Down
1 Harm mother’s generation (6)
2 Enjoyed time with saucy dates (6)
3 More prying riled senior (6)
4 One cross – one caught showing no sign of life (5)
6 In torpid lethargy (4)
8 Ground for building is odd to see, we’re told (4)
9 Settlers smarting badly (8)
11 Stories about double-agents without U-boat (7)
14 Press club (4)
16 Chinese shrubs accompanying frail boats in rhyme (11, two words)
19 Bread not available about noon (4)
21 Join up with some middlemen (4)
23 Dark-haired thug got into difficulty.
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