Five unclued lights are descriptions of another (four words), from another, by another (two words). Elsewhere, ignore one accent.
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10 Player and wrestler oddly changing places (4)
12 May take home case of oriental hemp product (10)
14 Regularly fooled veteran (3)
15 Prince’s press officer holding drink (8)
17 Mounts horse with complaints (5)
18 Quite lost, female runs in synthetic fabric (7)
19 State probes spies in high places (6)
22 Violent wind dislodging section of valve (6)
24 Two cobblers turned back in gateway (5)
27 Suppresses strong inclinations (9)
29 Astronomer Ryle going topless behind house (5)
31 Mowed a wild tract of grassland (6)
34 Timeless secrets swapped in corner (6)
39 Associate with horsey female, knocking back too much liqueur (8)
40 Varsity is fun, if short of females (3)
41 Impatient bookworms ultimately irritate librarian, they fear (3-7)
42 Frolic heartlessly in prison (4)
43 One after another, charge nurses quieten invalid (12)
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