Seven unclued lights (two of two words) precede and four follow a word defined by the title and all are verifiable in Brewer.
Across
1 Last of rowers having to cut down blade (5)
4 Church feature spoilt RC chateau (5,4)
11 Lectern’s Roman standard (5)
12 More macho Walford family (7)
14 Schumann variations on four notes – one doubled (5)
15 Italian wine store empty? (5)
16 Sign of damage that’s nearly entirely to do with teeth (6)
22 One going in lower, not both (7)
24 Zealously disregarding odd characters last month in Israel (4)
27 Captain who is playing in the playground (7)
28 Political campaigner from later part of drama coming first (8)
33 Leave standing in a Parliamentary contest (6)
34 European birds in the housetops? (5)
37 Ban march by leaders missing collapse of law and order (7)
38 Clergyman’s inconclusive part of book (5)
40 Japanese national flower for every apostle, getting married (9)
41 Small sewing case – and, in France, it’s very small! (5)
Down
1 Diehard agents, broken, and crying (8,1,4)
3 Record recent warning car may carry (1-5)
4 Old discourse priest dropped can be cultivated (6)
6 Section of Mephisto – ugh! – I explain in this daily crossword (7)
8 Cavers in trouble – nearly all see deep crack (8)
10 Traverse route anew for hidden valuables (8,5)
13 Comes into force? (7)
15 Sombre at first, then dark, then bright (6)
17 Stand and rebel (6)
18 Far from slowly, city loses north end! (6)
19 Malign water sprites appearing as horses or Aussie dogs (7)
20 Narrow misses by hairdressers (6)
26 Material for loveless travelling actor (7)
29 Jumps the queue and interrupts, when copper isn’t out (4,2)
32 Set-up embracing naval birds (5)
36 Italian lad decapitated with the bow (4)
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