One unclued entry (three words) gives the theme, and five others give two-word names directly connected with it. Remaining unclued entries give two examples of the theme phrase, one of two words and one of three.
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1 US underdogs willingly bring moggies under control? (4,4)
7 I’m sorry, love, to get info about daughter (2,4)
12 Deciphered name in pastry (2,5)
13 Man on board captures a wild ass (5)
14 Money-changing involves plunder, to be expected in studying growth (14)
19 Society protected arch in Edinburgh (4)
20 With DA, this youth would be old-fashioned (3)
22 One who sails along with fabled reindeer (6)
23 Frugal, not using good juniper (5)
25 Bibles rejected as a way of working (5)
28 Rutherford, having consumed joint, was very bitter (7)
31 Wonderful grain to swallow (5)
33 Suit one bridge player leads to two others (5)
35 Letter rejected her silly card game (6)
38 Essential constituent of mer, lac and jus? (3)
40 One who will succeed in broadcast show (4)
43 Abdicate without having succeeded – or ___ (5)
44 I must stop a canoe overturning – here? (7)
45 What’ll help you sleep: syringes containing nitrogen (6)
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