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Rrrobbo - here goes... 20a - anag of uranic with u as extra letter - the final a comes from "a" with a grave accent is french for from. Extra words in 1a, 16a, 26a, 34a, 41a 1d, 8d, 21d, 29d. 36d - h (heading for homework) in se from use (exercise) with u extra letter. Can't be more specific than that! Hope this helps!

Rrrobbo - forgot to mention - 36d answer is a book! ;-)

By Rider Haggard. :-)

Thanks Smartie. I had assumed it was a book. I think that's a bit rubbish to be honest. I am sure many answers could be defined by the name of a book!

Oh man. Now I have a red-necked phalarope! that cant be right. Maybe if you can just explain 38a I might finally get there....

Robbo, that is right.
'Knights' is simply a pluralised title, and 'oversight is a four-letter word beginning C minus the last letter.

Book for SHE is an old crossword standby. It's the first thing I think of when I see a three-letter answer where book may be the definition. It's very dated and hackneyed, so I understand your lack of enthusiasm, but I thought the clue had a very nice surface.

Apologies for deducting two Rs from your pseudonym.

Is AGER in 7ac a real word? It's not in Chambers is it?

AGER is not in Chambers or Oxford Dictionary of English (though it might be in the full Oxford). Sometimes agent nouns formed by adding the suffix -ER or R are permitted, though I think there should have been a warning in the preamble.

Ager - in Collins - Anything that produces the effects of age on another thing - (Agree could have been mentioned in preamble, but guess 'primary reference' allows it.)