The unclued lights (one hyphened and another a novel which is listed in Chambers Crossword Dictionary) display a similar feature — a few of the clued solutions do so too, though to a lesser extent. Elsewhere, ignore an apostrophe.
Across
1 Slim, young, lithe person – hot! Just tops! (5)
6 Hosting is problematic as soon as possible (7, two words)
11 Boastful coward showing Cliff a sponge (10)
15 Accumulate stakes (4)
17 Letter about smell of savoury snacks (7)
18 Some shirker twisted marginal reading (3)
19 Dictator books shrubs for TVs (10, two words)
21 Performance by dancing girls receiving round snack (5)
24 Manx house for small islands (4)
27 No sign of telescopic leg (4)
33 Flatfish which has whorls (3)
35 Aussie lorry driver showing restraint about fight (7)
36 Description of fitness regime: chocolate and half a biscuit! (7)
37 Carriage in East End shelter, we hear (4)
38 Scottish prison having to bar the two of them, wearing nothing (9)
39 Weber swaps his tops and dries out brambles (10)
40 Oarsmen wrecked Italian resort (7, two words)
41 Gravel bank in the Skerries (5)
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