The unclued lights are all non-words, but each can be resolved into a pair of thematic solutions.
Across
1 Game stuffed with hard vegs (6)
7 Lacks confidence, but somehow is seen in parties (6)
13 Cast of Hamlet gutted about falling-out (5)
15 Feature of credit (9)
16 Sister screwed up extra chances at school (6)
20 Stentor’s warning of nebulous threat (7)
21 Meagre buffets for the Garden Goodie (6)
22 Airport facilities lacking vehicle for fliers (6)
24 He’s surprisingly genial and philosophical (8)
26 Shop in Edinburgh stocks wood (4)
27 Mark Ramprakash keeps farm animal going to and fro (3)
28 Chief contributor to magazine (3)
29 Poetic time of day in Irish mountains, we’re told (4)
32 Like sherpas seen injured outside, looking washed out (8)
34 Threatening stare from lecturer in peninsula (6)
35 Girl from the centre of Redditch – one who’s in the Channel (6)
37 Loner cites trouble during account (7)
39 Traditional tales about a husband in Punjabi city (6)
42 Deduce why the batsman’s dismissed (9, two words)
43 Exotic dish managed to fill me.
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