2695: Struck hard

A word can be prefixed by six unclued lights so as to form new words (including two place names). 9D is a pertinent piece of poetry (five words). Solvers must shade the appropriate unclued light.

Across

1 Pepper makes host back off (5)

6 Butterfly and weathercock fool about (7)

11    Small fly buzzing round yellow plant (10)

13    With head of arrow no good, perhaps 75-year old is returning missile (9)

15    Paint waterfall about noon (4)

16    Prosecutor up to fitting cubic blocks (7)

17    Film star Richard talked of secluded retreat for antelope (7)

18    Fish? Some stay underwater (3)

19    Least podgy society banker, say, is in Paris (10)

21    In Nebraska 007 is Bond (5)

27    Lass missing fellow in Scottish island (4)

28    Lighting company producing huge warship (5)

30    Smitten admirer, one a lot different wearing frock (10)

33    Earnest wish of housewife Romeo dumped (3)

35    Quiet girl beside river (7)

36    Unfinished souvenir painted white (7)

38    Sea snubbed, tais rue swimming in creeks (9)

39    Clothes coming off set a priest shivering (10)

40    Dull church starts to engender sad marriages (7)

Down

1 Heresy Islam crushed involves Lilliputian son ousting god (14)

2 Musician playing pibroch not softly with grandchild (8)

4 Stout Homer pulled up fast (9)

6 Letters from Molotov endangered grape harvest (8)

7 Coastal state accepts occasional seabird (5)

8 Chinese pride? In communism primarily (5)

10    Short jacket in trunk with short jumper (6)

12    Evict nun wayward and shocking (6)

14    Sound Indian bean plants bearing fruit (6)

20    Cheap hotel parties get drunk husband gated (9)

23    Pets being borne by chariots (8)

25    Song sung when drinking port (8)

26    Law broken by theologian, first to immew snowbird? (6)

29    Swiss beak hearing avocat first (6)

31    Chap beheaded by waggish nihilist (6)

32    Rising golfer putting out in public (5)

34    Upset high priest, low in vitality (5)

35    Nick was a candidate before (5)

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