2592: Uncle Victor

The unclued Across lights were of a kind, as are the unclued Down lights now. All are verifiable in Brewer under 16.

Across

4    Team go over to Irish monument (6,5)
11    Train pass daughter’s lost (7)
12    Delicate and light, keeping in time (6)
13    Colluding with ancient tribe’s hilarious escapades (2,7)
19    Band’s origin (7)
21    Get together in time-share (4)
23    Milky tea, call for change (7)
25    Chatterbox not quiet – noisy type (7)
32    1980s Austin model having some art form (7)
34    Could be Dover – or not! (4)
35    Sapper composed unfinished Mass – one for the dead (7)
40    Number eating large meal (5)
41    Two-thirds stored in car – time for change (5,4)
43    Mineral fashionable in green (7)
44    40 done OK, cooked but it’s not expected (8-3)

Down

1    Sea creature set off at angle (11)
3    Poison mostly abundant at home (5)
6    City that’s just half a capital in Asian land (4)
7    Gave voice as I damaged tendon (7)
8    Star’s sleeveless cloak lifted completely (7)
9    Where to apply poultice, getting heated (2,3,4)
10    Relative who seems downtrodden? (7)
17    Rock smuggled into French holiday home (7)
18    The right doctor assembled emergency room gauge (11)
20    First aid accessory for reserve Rugby forwards (3,4)
22    Let loose with crumpled Brillo pad (5,4)
26    Big hit, getting caught – 50 and dismissed (5)
27    German treat at Christmas that’s hot with no middle! (7)
28    Boycott a GB-Rome order (7)
29    Dupe emcee regularly in disreputable joint (7)
33    Endear fiancée regularly, having Guernsey lily (6)
39    Chamber composition for a crowd? (4)

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