The unclued lights (five of two words, three singletons and a pair) are of a kind.
Across
11 Carpet from Moor includes touch of red, then russet, umber and green (9)
13 Portly chap!? (5,6)
14 Season limited, it has to be said (4)
15 Rehab symptom of drunkards, topers and sots, to start with (3)
18 Foreign curios having energy – a toxic mix (7)
19 Win majority for Brexit result, apparently? (7)
22 Thanks to Pierre, a kingdom of central England (6)
24 Bounder in a pair of spectacles for online grocery (5)
27 Indecisive English poet swaps his opposites (3-2)
29 The gift of story books (6)
31 Values some customer, it seems (6)
34 Alarm one tiger, first, in a barrier (7)
35 Iron Maiden’s hats (7)
38 Bit of sunshine right before a day’s end (3)
41 Primate some find ridiculous (5)
42 You once and we and Lloyd reproduced weld (6,3)
Down
1 US poet Walt embraces PM presenter Davis and delivery driver (5,3,3)
2 New musical version, note, accepted by timeless band (5)
5 Some of the regatta in Solent reaches (7)
6 The option of a Walls, say, without cherry topping (6)
8 Warned of smashed treadle (7)
9 Ointment some cannibal mixed (4)
10 Take-overs of present-day 6s (9)
17 Beast’s loved one strips, turning to bed early for this (6,5)
20 US river bird in galley gets cooked (9)
21 Some tannoy with parts missing regularly (3)
25 Snug modest housing for married female (5)
26 It’s not odd for Gollum to reveal a blind salamander (3)
28 Aggregate fruit eater chewed with joyous shout (7)
30 Joiner by press bar (7)
32 Sends up drinks to card-playing opponents (6)
33 In Germany, sail south-east around glen (6)
36 Lady Gaga admits bit of knitwear is polyester (5)
37 Cheeky caress embracing redhead (4)
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