The unclued lights (one of two words and one hyphened) are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer.
Across
10 United in love, writhing, it produces seed (5)
11 Lady Taverner takes sanctuary more than once (5)
14 Gather the harvest, measure spoken about, then cut (6)
15 If at odds, get an intermediary (5)
17 Analyses of new casino, getting rebuilt in south Sweden (9)
19 This genus of palms is mixed with tea for apothecary (7)
21 Some premonition backing harvest offering (4)
23 Heartless lively girl (4)
24 Dotty mutual exchanges (6)
26 Transaction includes award for Richard Strauss opera (6)
29 Love of French poetry (4)
31 Poor Ruth follows me to eastern river in France (7)
32 Heads of religious houses are uppish and a touch standoffish (9)
34 A capital girl – by Jove – writhing (8)
36 Bird shifting round back to far end of lake (5)
37 More than one place by the river (6)
39 Stigma – it isn’t common (5)
40 Ecstasy consumed by attractive relation (5)
41 Said nothing about saying goodbye (5)
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