When paired the unclued lights, one hyphened and one French geographical name, and another which is a combination of 18 & 33, are somehow related.
Across
1 Freight making vehicle move (5)
6 The architect’s malign intentions? (7)
13 Legal term about wills in US and Spain – late revision (4-5)
15 House-builders’ workplace isn’t pleasant to see, we’re told (4)
16 Belgian crime writer, if not in France, entertains me (7)
17 Strips and barely moves? (7)
21 Rail operatives picked up in major station (5)
24 Pacific root-crop mirrored in protectorate (4)
27 Disclose head has left for Harrow’s rival (4)
35 Lover and friend breaking Laura’s heart (7)
36 It may have had a careful owner and was accustomed to endless attention (4,3)
37 Some Boursin for Caesar’s bears (4)
38 Sandwich spread and spam served with tea, note (4,5)
40 Strange actors changing places at Roman fortress (7)
41 Jimmy has a change of heart for old horses (5)
Down
1 Form One, placid with American in charge of RVW’s work, say (9,5)
2 Work is over for them, taking endless leisure around isle (8)
4 Brother to have nowhere to swim in popular resort (9)
7 Rough estimate – about one thousand – died here (5)
9 ‘On your feet!’ and ‘Get up!’ for banking facilities (8,6)
10 Odd strain of stage of an insect’s development (6)
12 Pulls the trigger at first signs of growth (6)
14 Guiding light to join the criminals (6)
20 It measures pressure on awfully remote isle, first (9)
22 Queer fish gathering under dam on river (6)
23 Entranced stirring marinade (2,1,5)
26 1A that’s discarded from high fliers before noon (6)
29 Popular suit manufactured for northerners (6)
31 A floosie’s upset rock bands (6)
34 Frostier early reception initially, after getting here in France (5)
35 Carpet the setter after a fiddle (5)
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