The unclued lights are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer. Elsewhere, ignore two accents.
Across
1 Transfers year-groups (7)
11 Mushroom in cooker and much of the basmati (6)
12 Neighbours character’s hangers-on (7)
14 No Parking in island for Persian king (5)
15 Gamble on a lake drying after rain (5)
17 Powder that’s almost strong (6)
19 Catechism redesigned according to plan (9)
24 Plastic bags from carriages, having nothing new put back in (9, hyphened)
26 Enters hurriedly and attacks damagingly (9, two words)
29 Former hanger-on heard on Wipe Out (7)
30 Tall candlestick around one floor lamp (9)
32 Franciscans working at the chippy, reportedly (6)
33 Monkey eating a bit of hay in island (6)
35 Modern greetings message — one in City Road (5, hyphened)
36 Waspish note on home (5)
39 Attempt to make a basket by those out in the street (7, two words)
40 God accepting obtuse writ (7)
Down
2 Thriller writer losing a new twin crystal (5)
3 Some moralistic examination (4)
4 Deputy raves about the opposite (9, two words)
5 Tough son gets conned by the listeners (6)
7 Padlocked and mis-shaped (6)
8 Holiday home over the Pond has nothing inside.
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