Unclued lights are anagrams of ten of a kind. Elsewhere, ignore an accent.
Across
9 A model cure fixed skin condition (10)
14 Lass bumpkin snubbed (3)
16 Prisoner saves rodent a piece of crust (6)
17 Found tree blocking highway (5)
18 Baseballer’s innings in Somerset city curtailed (5, hyphened)
20 Sliding in dicky part of church (7)
22 Having two hubbies is boring – having one also (7)
24 G-man always escorting English commando (7)
25 Maybe elders and betters relaxed with TB eliminated (5)
26 Bare mountain-top, that is to say a high mountain (5)
28 Gent checked fine brandless product (7)
31 Nobleman with almost green clothes (7)
33 Catkin’s Australian? Ridiculous! (7)
39 Port from Ireland in tins (6)
40 Female provides no sons (3)
41 Writ perturbed racier trio (10)
42 Hireling peeled bananas in outcrop (6)
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