Ten of the eleven unclued lights are of a kind and consist of singleton of two words, three pairs and a trio. The eleventh unclued is thematic when paired with an anagram of the five highlighted red letters. Elsewhere, ignore an apostrophe and an accent.
Across
4 Talked of mark on potato magazine (9)
11 Little girl, outside in the morning, is wandering (5)
14 Fabric — some linen? — on inventory (5)
15 One clad in extra silk (5)
16 Service of diplomat in Serbia (6)
21 Difficult situation having coarse flax by joint (8)
22 Descent, using a rope, perhaps, taking time (7)
24 Still one that’s in the Skoda range (4)
25 Beastly noise a problem for calligrapher? (4)
27 Shy and introspective Hindu god with opponents (7)
28 Swedish composer arranged Wagner and Dohnanyi’s first and last pieces (8, two words)
37 General Electric’s people develop over a long time (7)
38 Leave zero capital (5)
40 Dutch city where ginger nut’s first on order (9)
41 Cubic measure nothing short of a hi-fi (5)
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