Ad Nauseam by Chalicea

Puzzle explanation

The letters discarded when resolving the grid clashes spelt NASH. The BILLBOARD at 21ac had to fall to the SCRAPYARD (44ac), causing six of the crossing entries to become types of tree, as an illustration of the Ogden Nash verse:

I think that I shall never see
A billboard lovely as a tree.
Perhaps, unless the billboards fall,
I’ll never see a tree at all.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Answer Explanation
Across
3 TSADDIKIM TIM around (SAD + KID <)
11 URANITIC (I(ron) + CURTAIN) *
12 NAAM A in NAM
13 LIVERY COMPANY LIVERY + COMP + ANY
15 IBO OBI <
17 BIG-BUD BID around BUG *
18 BANK GIRO (BROKING + A) *
20 PAIRE PE around AIR
21 BILLBOARD (BILL + BARD) around O
23 BRAKE CALIPERS (PRICE LEAKS) * after (BR + A)
27 LEACHINGS LEACH + ING’S
31 SEDAN (b)ED(s) in SAN
32 ACCEPTED AC + CEP + TED
35 PRETTY PREY around TT
38 OCH (Sc)O(t’s) (vo)C(al) (ps)H(aw)
39 HORSE MUSHROOM HORS + EMU’S + H + homophone of RHEUM
42 ALGA AGA around L
43 EMPIERCE PIER in EMCE(e)
44 SCRAPYARD SCRAP + YARD
Down
1 LULIBUB ((t)ULI(p) + BULB) *
2 TRIBAL B in TRIAL
3 TAV (s)TAV(e)
4 SNACK (K + CANS) <
5 AIRY A1 + RY
6 DICER DICE + R
7 KAMI (MIKADO − DO) *
8 IMP (g)IMP
9 MANURER MAN + PURER − P
10 EMYDES (achiev)E MY DES(ire)
14 ABIDES AB + ID ES(t)
16 TIL LIT <
17 BOO BOO(gie)
19 GLEAN ANGLE with letters “cycled’
20 PAINE PAINE(d)
21 BALDER 2 meanings
22 BAH BAHRAIN − RAIN
24 RYE-ROLL homophone of WRY ROLE
25 SUDAMEN DAME in SUN
26 ORPHAN (HARP ON) *
28 CAY BISCAY − BIS
29 ICY (B)I(s)C(a)Y
30 DECOCT DEC + OCT
33 CRUMP RUMP after C(urry)
34 PARER PARTNER − T(o)N(s)
36 TEER TEE + (rolle)R
37 SHIA (v)I(c)A(r) after SH
40 SAC 2 meanings
41 ORD WORD − W
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