The unclued lights (two of two words and two hyphened) are of a kind and all are listed somewhere in Chambers 13th edition.
Across
11 A learner with rheum oozing from the shoulder (7)
13 Clear thinking here rebuilding terminal by Dover with deliveries cancelled (5,4)
14 Switch sides of black sword (5)
16 Many craft, seaborne, included (5)
19 Shakespearean character returned as seductive woman (7)
21 W.G. loses his first competition (4)
24 Czech, maybe, on square loo (4)
25 Partridge guided round pasture (7)
30 Miser’s pinafore (4-3)
31 Some untrue facts exposing football association (4)
34 Last part of pâtisserie item? Yes! Part! (4)
35 Gold coin tossed over Womble (7)
37 Padstow chef Rick’s beer mug (5)
40 Dirk, among others, dropped by deserted Roman rampart (5)
41 Acting as go-between, thinking, but losing time (9)
42 Returned German flower you once sent back to capital (6)
43 Understanding it’s 10.10 out East (7)
44 Board having a short sleep with family part of a setting (5,6)
Down
3 Kuwaiti prince backing some agreement (5)
5 Do without piano, being creative (4)
7 Peak charge with nothing over, we’re told (7)
8 Tapeworms ruined Doc’s tea (7)
9 Girl at bar ordered rock (9)
10 In short, 24 hours in a prison – in Joburg, say? (7)
15 Numbers found herein (5)
17 Ruffian ransacked seaside entertainment (7)
20 Litany of pay sent out (7)
26 Little girl having cash for thoughts? (5)
27 State of wild exaggeration after Texan left (7)
28 Left extremely rude sweetheart at island capital (7)
29 Feeling seedy, I arrive at the Mediterranean coast (7)
33 Revealing study – Tory gutted (6)
36 Approving and having a laugh, when judge has departed (5)
39 French film director removes relative from Euston, say (4)
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