Round the perimeter clockwise goes a place (6) followed by a description of it (10 words, one hyphened) by one of the unclued lights (two words). This description appears in its original language and can be confirmed in its full form in the ODQ. Remaining unclued lights, singly or combined, present five thematic objects which are to be highlighted. Ignore three accents.
Across
10 Stranger nearly rejected tuber (4)
11 Brazilian drug a hit also in Rio, perhaps (9)
13 Divine animal sent back by Liberal president (7)
14 Nick bringing back a stone slab (5)
15 A minor thoroughfare beyond the sea (6)
17 Noble flier went first (6)
20 Woman’s magazine follows Parisian direction (7)
23 Love at no time a big lie (5, hyphened)
27 Tunisian port fellow put in horn (4)
28 Lamb’s brown in meatloaf (US chef’s) (4)
30 Soldier returned and shot gun, getting a bird (8)
37 There’s nothing in an idea to develop US plant (7)
38 Perhaps bank, in service, has developed again (7)
39 Awfully kitsch routine (6)
41 Feeling good, right, in model’s embrace (6)
43 Leave old wolf (5)
44 Alcoholic drink served well, back in shape (7)
45 Dog, it’s said, punctured part of vehicle (9)
46 Biblical figure, base Israeli king, almost (4)
Down
2 Note bars composer had embellished (7)
3 Swollen, but lacking medicine? (6)
4 Type of nut found in chocolate (4)
5 Primate knocked back gold raki, drunk (6)
7 Scottish rabbits in yard at rest, oddly (7)
8 Physicist beginning to yearn keenly (6)
12 Happened to become empty and cruel (6)
16 Say artist took food back for Dickens character (7)
18 Regularly, zealous worker gets purifying liquid (6)
22 What driver wants, new young one (4)
24 A tunic designed for sailors (6)
26 Adult joke’s revolting and fatuous (4)
31 One chap, prosecutor, loudly criticises US...
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