2608: Support

Ten symmetrically placed un-clued lights can be entered given consistent support.

Across

1    Left old murder victim in slip (5)

10    An historic fancy Greek vestment (10)

11    Snowdrift BBC DG once reported (6)

14    Runs into show behind dimwit (5)

15    Good spicy food omitting cold fish offal (5)

16    On a pump, perhaps repair electronic failure to turn (6)

22    So, LBW and run out delayed reaction (4,4)

23    A silly me hides in extremely high tree (4-3)

27    Group of stars missing king’s refined irony (7)

29    Rude Spanish guy uncovered tirade (8)

32    Worker mostly dependent upon backing (6)

34    Late birds dance without it (5)

35    Conservative avoiding dirty red (5)

37    Bill’s pouch having backdated penny? (6)

38    Keep camera trained, finding dove? (10)

40    Pipe valley running through Britain (5)

Down

2    Intermittently hare-brained poetic visionary (5)

4    They repeat base tasks with delayed runs (7)

5    Making much of revolutionary PM’s no good (10)

6    Former lover of father, one that’s negatively charged (7)

7    Rout out second large moulding (5)

8    Drummer sporting ever so terribly small garment (9)

9    Modify state lines (4)

13    Department enthralled by Shakespeare’s sonnets (7)

15    Old German crosses Westminster court (2,4)

17    Dutch artist academy dealt with ma’am badly (4-6)

18    Mostly blend chilli without heating pasta (7)

20    Unknown gunk over E.