Rupert's Cryptic #23
Rupert Morrish

Five across clues have no definition. They intersect their 25 acrosses, which have no clue at all.

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  •  1  Pilgrim laughs at imaginary symbols of two engineers and a mathematician (5)

  •  4  Sound of horse with fine tail in Burlington House (9)

  •  9  Stick around, everyone, for part of the fourth period (7)

  • 10 Is not missing a data type (3)

  • 11 Army marching up, back and around before end of manoeuvres (7)

  • 12 Harry Moore (5)

  • 15 Nimble huntress lost a home to braves (7)

  • 17 Skeptical of queen in line (5)

  • 20 Big Bird and Snuffleupagus second complaint (4)

  • 22 Calliope's regular speed (4)

  • 25 Does one affect the heart like the Benson and Hedges? (5)

  • 26 Made loose woman like a knight (4)

  • 29 Knowledgeable about lack of plutonium (2,2)

  • 32 Sail the last stormy passage (5)

  • 34 To make a bullfighter turn, use this and cancel the applause (3,4)

  • 36 Off-label (5)

  • 37 Inexperienced German flight returns from Iraq conflict (4,3)

  • 39 Fe2-?!  (3)

  • 40 Turning "people who design transformers are popular" into commercial for absinthe? (7)

  • 42 Setter is in-country after Fourth (9)

  • 43 Ideal drink contains drug (5)

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  •  2  A thousand and one names your parents didn't give you (3)

  •  4  Fellow-travelers in a party primary go up into disheartened lower house (10)

  •  5  What Adam called his wife when she was right, which was always (4)

  •  6  Botswanan coin has inside edge like a cow's lip (7)

  •  9  Cigar left to rot is notoriously smelly (6)

  • 13 Mazda fans keep engine core in Mum's basement (4)

  • 14 Scuttled Cockney veteran (3)

  • 16 Best friend knows part backwards, gets middling reviews or better (10)

  • 18 Finish in sudden death (3)

  • 19 Blackberries come from hedge in Plaistow (3)

  • 21 Alternative overcoat (2)

  • 23 Neckgear in the Sandwich Islands first introduced under the French (3)

  • 24 Most influence in Kandahar? It's money (3)

  • 25 When Rupert leaves, spill oil over there (2)

  • 27 Taking off and spinning, chopper pilot loses extremities (4)

  • 31 Steal unfinished dress (3)

  • 32 Swear upturned cup isn't wobbly (6)

  • 33 Maybe fire a slingshot (6)

  • 35 Lower-ranked Nazis in uplifting dance (6)

  • 38 Ground that isn't South or East (4)

  • 41 Pitcher's average time (3)

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