The nine unclued lights are all of a kind. Three are of two words. Ignore one apostrophe.
Across
11 Contrary French articles entertain leaderless tranche of voters (9)
12 Piece of propaganda follows age-old beliefs (5)
13 GP boss and rep to supply sweets (11)
14 Parroted piece? (4)
18 Fight starts to intensify about lack of space (7)
19 Motto of European farm animals (7)
23 Bats endlessly, defying the odds… Oh boy! First person not out (2,4)
24 Kerfuffle over love (5)
27 Critical wound in casualty (5)
29 Satire events now and then in Oxford? (6)
31 Stay the course, never look back (4,2)
34 Environment Agency money to reduce (3,4)
35 Do a bit with a sketchy CV (7)
38 Agent provocateur’s introduction into fringes of society (3)
39 Slips up and escapes assignments (4)
40 NHS suspicion initially dismissed about needle storage (11)
43 President’s deranged end: oddly inevitable (11)
Down
2 Perhaps John B. Watson’s fourth iteration (5)
3 PT with Ethel and Thea may produce Olympian! (11)
5 Philosophy based on little bits of Taoism and early Marxism mixed together (7)
7 Fabric of cosmos finally devoured space (6)
8 Candidate approved short story by King (7)
9 Cheeky men rap – not Mr Scruff (4)
10 Set aside essentially dreary book, getting into wine (9)
15 Cash in hand for ice cream drink (5)
16 Worker for hire, one born in spring (11)
17 Streetcars reversed relaxed dress code (5,6)
20 Relatively inconsistent race that is run (9)
21 More to discuss about neckwear (3)
26 Operator has time (3)
28 Invalidate company fortune divested of gold mistakenly (7)
30 Cream of tartar’s depleted a little bit (7)
33 Ancient islander is confused in Oman (6)
36 After end of concert cycling over to store (5)
37 Some indecisive characters come up in Frozen (4)
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