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I've finished this but there are a few answers where I can't see the full parsing....

13a. Season with tons enthralled by acting exuberantly in lead (10) - WINTERTIME (Season)

14a. Cheerful sentimentality turned into fine novel (8,4) - BRIGHTON ROCK (Novel) I see 'Cheerful' = BRIGHT but not much else.

40a. Lead bludgeon smashed around inspector's head may be it's cause (6,6) - SEEING DOUBLE (May be it's cause) It's an anagram of 'BLUDGEON' around I(nspector), but that leaves SEE for 'Lead' which doesn't seem right.

corn backwards in OK.

See' is the leading Bishop of a diocese

Thanks Trevor. Hi Les. I thought of See as Diocese but the Def. is - The official seat, center of authority, jurisdiction, or office of a bishop. - I just don't see (Ha! Pun) how that' equates to 'Lead'.

could see be a synonym of lead - lead you through/see you through ?
i thought a Bishop was the head of a 'see'?

Maybe, but I just think the both those definitions seem really 'loose'. I think I'll go to bed and look at it, and the remaining clue, afresh tomorrow. Thanks again Trevor, thanks Les.

i agree, either very vague or wrong.

With = w + tons enthralled by acting = inter(t)im + e = exuberantly in lead

nice one Ginge, was driving me mad. i didn't make the acting = interim connection

An extract from Roget's might help

Main Entry: see
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: accompany, guide
Synonyms: associate with, attend, bear company, call, come by, come over, conduct, consort with, date, direct, drop by, drop in, encounter, escort, go out with, go with, keep company with, lead, look up, meet, pilot, pop in, receive, route, run into, shepherd, show, speak to, steer, stop by, stop in, take out, usher, visit, walk