The unclued lights, (which include two paired words, and three of two words, one of which is not listed in Chambers, and two hyphened), bear a common feature, different in each case, and 13 and 41 are even more so!
Across
4 It’s a pain to us Brits! (6,5)
11 Harp from Asia Minor (7)
12 Religious celebration for mother and German boy, finally (6)
14 Needlewoman, maybe, was a mediaeval servant (5)
16 Russian unit, experienced it’s said (5)
19 Article about musical performance (7)
21 Olga got out of prison (4)
23 Left in charge round covered walkway (7)
25 Begins to express doubt about king’s attendant (7)
35 Imply there isn’t conflagration (7)
37 Confounded sailing (2,3)
40 US firefighter once given a challenge, it’s reported (5)
44 A mess, yet it’s sorted to do this? (11)
Down
1 Member of the Dytiscus finds rain on VW (5,6)
3 Prickly character’s shot overheard, near Ian Chappell, for starters (5)
5 Colombian coin that is held in both hands (4)
6 Player’s partner oddly hiding net assets (4)
7 Frankfurter’s goodbye (7)
9 Engrossed and in ecstasy, one hears (9)
10 Tissue gets taken out going across, then 1 Down upset, then one Down (7)
15 It creeps through after six (5)
18 Waterloo Stn rebuilt as theme park (5,6)
20 Arab brings up unpaid debts (7)
22 Actuators could become absolute rulers (9)
28 Studio location of Nightmare horror film with final bits cut (7)
29 Source of asthma medication peer had for treatment (7)
36 Upright revolutionary? (5)
38 Number from the Third Reich (4)
39 County borders (4)
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