The unclued lights, one of two words, entered individually or as two pairs, are of a kind.
Across
4 Media broadcast about 12 that’s cheap and practically useless (1,4,1,5)
11 Letters being sent to distant branch (7)
12 Medium range paintings (6)
13 Passing nurse in van (9)
14 Join princess having kiss (5)
21 Roman numeral from cross against heads of two icons (4)
23 Having abandoned shelter, Loch Ness Monster shocked army personnel (3-4)
24 A new version of Black Beauty? (4)
25 Delight with visit, providing that money, finally (7)
30 Sportsman’s call angered doctor (2,5)
31 Assumed name I omitted, sadly (4)
32 On the soapbox, receiving no stars? (7)
34 Rattle outside – rattle from inside (4)
35 Cooked a cod. It is for Indian bandits (7)
41 He painted lines without a permit (9)
42 Country fellow’s gossip (6)
43 Female has lived on illicit liquor (7)
Down
1 Some PC parent on the committee (6,5)
2 Show of respect is short on the fringes of society (6)
3 A frightening beginning (5)
5 Some escudos – hush-money (4)
6 River emergency – councillor’s resigned (4)
7 Founder of ski-travel company turning 34 now (4,3)
8 Believer in good and ill suggests fighter (7)
10 Mournful key member CIA outed (7)
17 Country from Central Europe. That’s madness! (7)
20 Imply there isn’t a conflagration (7)
27 Austrian skier is heard to cry (7)
28 Stop state instruction (7)
29 Village on Arran has mall rebuilt (7)
33 Art gallery in opposite directions on New York island (6)
38 Strike secures hard money in Asia (4)
39 Guinness, say, or another tipple on edge of counter (4)
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