There is a total of 12 unclued lights in this puzzle, six appearing singly as normal, with the other six appearing as a duo in three longer solutions, and five of them are associated with 20. All are verified in Chambers.
Across
1 Academic field considering conflicts making dispute cease (5,7)
10 Scottish stranger involved in gun control (4)
12 Papal fruit (10)
14 Mineral next to ash that’s on land (3)
15 On the air broadcast of Dexter Morgan, say (4-4)
18 Sea-cow moving east in spring (7)
22 Very small trench for two-thirds of some French potted meat (6)
24 On reflection, TV chef was poorly (5)
26 Most condescending about 40 noises (9)
29 Now and again Ilse Geisler will lose according to Spenser (5)
31 Rabbi has whip-round for garment (6)
36 Cruel restless bird sitting in tavern (7)
38 English Catholic taken in by my compassion (5)
40 Too much capital? Not half! (3)
41 The earlier phrase to which a pronoun refers (10)
42 Like some previous edition? (4)
43 South-eastern oryx bewildered and unworldly (12)
Down
2 Called up a very clear image about divine ones (10)
3 Blimey, Alec capsized the boat (7)
4 Criticise swampy area in US (5)
5 Cost of enclosure in almost rigid surroundings (3,6)
7 From the Orient, numbers of old giants (5)
8 Could granny be a former England wicketkeeper, we’re told (4)
11 An old associate removed article from agreement (8)
16 Bit of sunshine right before a day’s end (3)
19 Certainly no big shot! (6)
20 Heavenly body posed on vessel (6)
21 Her career’s ruined this investigator (10)
23 Oddball neurotics’ states (9)
25 France’s ecological party placing forest greenery in inferior surroundings (3,5)
30 Mad Men hero as medic’s mimic (6)
32 Village on Gare Loch or in River Humber (3)
33 Rule out wrong aluminium thread (5)
35 Invigorating air in Gozo? Never! (5)
37 Goose on outside covers of news-magazine (4)
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