Three unclued lights are a musician (two words) and a quotation of his (four words), which suggests the other six unclued lights, all anagrams of words of a kind (one of two words).
Across
8 Delaying intro, ace ruler (4)
11 Posh earl pokes you abroad in part of eye (6)
12 Bill eating corn in earnest (5)
17 I’m leaving rupees for Turkic speaker (5)
18 Cat heard in forest (5)
19 Sally’s Samoyed’s caught rabies (5)
21 Mist by lake in wood (5)
22 A hobo, on line, snaps here (5)
24 Energy field in Greek colony (4)
26 Tour of e.g. Ely finished (3,4)
27 A damp old caterpillar (5)
28 Keep chatting, cutting king’s finger (5)
31 Warships at sea, not 200 cutters (3-4)
33 Criminal hiding one’s cash (4)
35 Man beset by spasm is heavy drinker (5)
36 To be at sea without a vessel (1-4)
38 Oscar twice training tree (5)
40 Rowdy kid’s flipping stink (5)
42 Spies blemishes (5)
43 Books I see dealing with ear (4)
44 Walked on transport, Scot’s alleged (8)
45 Moral worth partly overturned (5)
46 Liberate nurse with iron-clad troops (6)
47 Rector took speed (4)
48 E.g. Cleopatra, fearlessly wild (4-6)
Down
2 Ex-PM’s call for flower (5,4)
3 Cactus in north on stone (5)
4 Lamb pieces? (6)
5 Navy I see in Asian port (4)
6 Sheep loves Omani bread (7)
7 Son with threat to change direction (5-4)
9 Section on test – close look’s needed (5)
10 Nothing in crystal ewer or fancy porcelain (5,9)
20 Forbidding alcohol in part of ship (9)
29 Monks rating programs (6)
32 Did father mostly drink wine? (5)
34 Mess up flexible foams (6)
37 Passed on charm and appeal (5)
39 Note system of learner in Seat (3-2)
41 Sleigh run in Dolgellau, funnily (4)
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