Eight unclued entries include the names of an event and six who took part, and a memorial to one of them.
Across
1 Cushions lacking covers in many cases (5)
6 A postscript in court case with three recesses (8)
14 Druggie runs to the back in deceptive manoeuvre (4)
15 Declares bananas changed size (8)
17 Program united international military defensive support (5)
21 Song in favour of cage for birds (11)
24 Alternately sulky and sneaky (3)
26 Thugs regularly absconding with very large truck (3)
28 Reportedly chivalrous at the end of each day (7)
29 British cooking guru tucked into French onion braised in red wine (11)
33 English queen’s revolutionary laxative (5)
34 Hamlet’s old friend’s ignoring rider’s initial hunting cry (6)
35 Dried at first, then overflowed and spilled out (8)
37 Component of aluminium car (4)
38 Souls come to be tortured in Roman amphitheatre (9)
39 First impression of ruined Aleppo fort (5,5)
40 Religious festivals completely numb the senses, we hear (4,4)
41 Nancy’s one swan let loose (5)
Down
1 Fire beyond mountains south of Forth (8)
2 Soon prefer different overseer (10)
3 Drinks case of tolerable Asti, half-cut (4)
4 Fungus extremely effortful amateur removed from football trophy (3,3)
5 Male visitor cycling round operational ploughs in cotton fields (4,7)
7 Prepares dough (7)
8 Musketeer’s mount (5)
9 War artist’s exclamation of disgust, burying bones (4,4)
10 Whisper of usurers at Barking (9)
11 Sailors entering field in Slough, near Argos (5)
18 Peeled local South American tuber (3)
20 Malta unit mobilised early in the day (9)
23 Insatiability of Victor and Oscar, rude about sex (8)
25 Some fussy, sad, minor IT expert (8)
28 Try supporting Macmillan at last, or Oxfam? (3)
31 Bodily fluid largely drained by postgraduate (5)
32 Hit high, edge finally caught by slip (5)
36 Jump of English ace breaking record (4)
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