Eight unclued solutions, including a pair, are of a kind.
Across
11 Most excellent expert admitting: ‘Everyone can be beaten!’ (9)
12 Left centre of Kyoto for coastal city (5)
13 Game playing isn’t tenable (5,6)
14 My elderly grandma always danced the leads (4)
18 Dish of noodles King and I tucked into (7)
19 Recalled old letter about a minute charm (7)
23 Rowing over a piece of jewellery (6)
24 Dramatic hurricane masks sound of birds (5)
27 Turned up old brooch (5)
29 Famous sisters of Eleanor, possibly having lots of tea? (6)
31 In a sly manner, crook left yard (6)
34 Occasion to eat, eat! (7)
35 I’d made ornate small crowns (7)
38 I said yes! (3)
39 Essentially free and in control (4)
40 Alarmist anger comes in chaos before resistance (11)
42 Environmental credentials of inexperienced Head (9)
43 Lovers’ special little means of expression (11)
Down
1 Pretend to be pirate with some nausea initially at sea (11)
3 Aluminium foil in caramel apple-pie (3-8)
5 Mark is heartbroken having lost leads in two boat races outright (7)
7 You and I in sleigh, veered off course (6)
8 Outside broadcast of piano recital – parts 1 and 2 (4-3)
9 1/4 ton horse (4)
10 Alien coming down then returning, having adopted quite bad manners (9)
15 Held up in eco resort (2,3)
16 Worked for nothing restoring unloved tree (11)
17 Simplicity in painting without directions (11)
20 Animal treated with sincere respect was accorded boundless movement (6,3)
21 So ill, reportedly (3)
25 Many people abhor deceitful content (5)
28 Food? In general, I’m enthusiastic (7)
30 Interim ruler getting taste of authority causes a reaction (7)
36 Poorly lit back street in the centre (5)
37 Cheese, salt, water: no end to provision (4)
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