Solvers should heed a warning when deducing ten symmetrically placed unclued lights (two of three words and one of two words).
Across
1 Poet entertaining Round Table (5)
4 Together, brutes briefly help the old order (9)
11 Live international back on a roll (6)
12 Sting seen in church right by jetty (7)
15 Oddly enough, Chloe broke priest (5)
16 Noisy dosser needs time out from extreme difficulty (6)
22 Female tailing former PM, an old chicken (8, hyphened)
23 Proposition in article again having leader demoted (7)
27 Left exercises – one not showing signs of tuition (7, hyphened)
29 Yet Helen dancing is a gas (8)
32 You picked up excellent dope over in paradise (6)
34 Unlimited cut, a bit of a shock for Edmund? (5)
36 Wearing chief painful in recession (7)
37 Maybe confirms one new son in family (6, two words)
39 Nanny lurked without an alternative, in a way influenced by spirits? (9)
40 Massage joint, ignoring back, using hand evenly (5)
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