Unclued lights, including one of two words, are anagrams of words of a kind. Solvers must highlight two pairs of clued answers which are anagrams of two further examples.

        Across

   1    Recited end of epic with ghosts (8)

   8    Special forces protecting large trees (4)

11    Oddly, Ivor ain’t a Welshman (4)

12    A run through e.g. London is a disaster (8)

15    Venerated Roman digger outside of villa (7)

17    Delayed returning with others (2,2)

19    Ate real bananas in Lenten day (7)

25    Digital features teachers fix at first (8)

26    Man U send out hardy Norwegian (8)

27    Child everyone knocked over in plains (6)

33    Bored in uni? Need changes (7)

34    African province gets good deal (5)

35    Extinct beast of bear genus, not small (4)

37    Feels excitement and ecstasy in academic text (7)

39    Possibly spare one crustacean’s appendages (8)

40    River banks hidden in West Bank city (4)

41    Spot clothes from Elvis Presley (4)

42    Carved bird started by engineer (8)

         Down

   1    Caught one pig around onions (6)

   2    Captain Cook using the other tap (4)

   4    Kind of dancing queens, one carrying a light (7)

   5    Joy at needless suffering (10)

   6    European with pimples, Othello character (6)

   7    Flailing philosopher admitted to rambling (11)

   8    Cubic measure of Easter eggs (5)

   9    See struggle to stop mould spreading in the theatre? (9)

10    Marine mammals eating skin of edible fish (3-4)

14    Problems binding bird’s bones (8)

16    Restrained by medieval edict, or yeoman’s leaving (11)

20    Come across ocean punch drunk (6,4)

21    Like actor in Phaedra, gent I alarmed (8)

26    What could be in DNA, ultimately purine base? (7)

29    Husband leaves nothing, scoffing a sweet (6)

30    Traitor drops back by river in Biblical region (6)

31    Dodo’s flying? Not initially likely (4-2)

32    Picked up actor Humphrey in truck (5)

36    Simple flipping bit of ceremony (4)

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A first prize of £30 and two runners-up prizes of £20 for the first correct solutions opened on 20 November. Please scan or photograph entries and email them (including the crossword number in the subject field) to crosswords@spectator.co.uk, or post to: Crossword 2629, The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP. Please allow six weeks for prize delivery.

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