Eight unclued lights comprise four pairs.
Across
1 Doubling my carbon in low country (7)
12 American sanctimonious state at the top (6)
13 Geological fold running nicely round north east of south (8)
15 Treatise outline includes pretentious odds and ends (8)
17 General Secretary holds back brief register on new retailers (12)
18 Ingesta, put another way? (7)
20 Yemen fighting spread by unknown catalyst (6)
21 Extremely deceptive curt tightwad’s failure (6)
22 Biased head of personnel wants skilled worker (8)
29 Marine mammals, not large, catch marine gastropod (3,5)
30 The Spectator objectively embraces wise customs (6)
32 Reliable team at first out of practice (6)
36 He ain’t upset about what winds up Mistress Quickly (2,5)
37 April’s rent revised on returned IT equipment (5,7)
39 Secret news posts regularly censored western material (8)
40 Treat as alien exotic theories (8)
41 Top-rate duo of accountants backing plant (6)
43 Statesman sadly snubbed German philosopher (7)
Down
2 Run pole upwards, ending at collapsible lid? (5,3)
3 Joiners, of a sort, exposed back of ship guarded by tugs (8)
5 Tenacious greylag’s wings stuck in fine-grained earth (6)
6 Silicate mineral extracted from cattle in burning woodpile (8)
8 Turned about, yielded and came forward (7)
9 Organised a tournament involving lake beyond the mountains (12)
10 Capers stuffing Atlantic salmon (6)
11 Boiled article plunged into dust (7)
14 Again makes entire goal up on base secured by straps (12)
16 Outstanding helper raised sloth (6)
23 One responsible for tender organisation? (6)
24 Star skater is smashing (8)
25 Rick keeps riding gear around yard (8)
26 Climbing shrub once known on northern (Yorkshire) river (8)
27 Particle of gas orbiting quickly, off and on (7)
28 Standing Greek god embedded in piece of mosaic (7)
31 Indigenous Californian sabbaths ruined without books (6)
33 Illusory granules barely moving (6)
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