Answers to clues in italics are to be subjected, before entry in the grid, to the treatment indicated by one unclued light (three words). Definitions of the resulting entries are supplied by the other unclued lights.
Across
1 Details no longer always in unfinished dance (8)
6 Fellow admitted to constant trouble with a caravan (6)
10 Discerning elite had eggs scrambled (12, hyphened)
13 Devout type in hole defending revolutionary position (7)
14 Communist spirit brought about in hardship (6)
16 Cleese film about lecturer suffering woe, sick
17 Detective acting with authority turned and proceeded (8)
21 Disconcert good sort, accepting hard line (8,
two words)
23 One following gripping account not precisely true (7)
25 Sporting idol, man of the world
26 Complacently empty system, hideous
28 Exceptional muscle breaking part of crust (7)
29 Earl involved in an ace commemoration (8)
34 Fans complain endlessly about confusion (8)
35 Ship slang spoken (4)
36 Dry garden almost separate (6)
38 Loaves not left for kangaroos (7)
40 Knight, fine, in set of the same kind (12)
41 Runner absorbed by music and language (6)
42 Poor batting – time for banter (8)
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