Battleships by Paddock

Puzzle explanation

The groups of extra letters from wordplay were TEURSC → CRUETS to replace WHILOM, TCRENE → CENTRE to replace HARTAL, TEREN → TREEN to replace CRUES, TATLEB → BATTEL to replace TOOTER and NSREI → RISEN to replace DIVER.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Answer Explanation [extra letter]
Across
1 TOOTER TOT[T]ER around (Horati)O
5 SCAMPER SCAM + PE[E]R
11 RESEARCH RE + SEA [U]RCHIN − IN
13 LAYETTE LATE[R] around YET
14 DORAD DOR[S]A(l) + (weir)D
15 EMETIC (MI[C]E ETC) *
16 BEGRIME BEE around GRIM
17 DIVER RED < around (I + V)
18 HUSK H + [T]USK
21 PSYCH-UP (SU[C]H + P(acifi)C + P(irac)Y) *
24 ETNEAN ENTE[R] < + A + N
26 INHERE [E]INE around HER
27 WORDAGE DROW[N] < + AGE
32 HORN H(awke) OR (Hawk)[E] + N(ausea)
34 EMBAR (dis)EMBAR(king)
35 INTWINE AIN’T − A + WINE
36 IMMURE RUM < in [T]IME
37 LATEN LATE[E]N
38 GENISTA [R]ATINGS * around (n)E(w)
39 ELOQUENT QUE[E]N in (MATELOT − MAT)
40 MENDING M(a)[N] + “END IN G”
41 RAGGLE (Cruise)R + WAGGLE − W
Down
1 TOLEDO L(anc)E in TO-DO
2 OGAMIC GO < + (I’M + CA[T]) *
3 TEETERED TEE-TEE around R[A] + D
4 RETCHING S[T]RETCHING − S(hip)
6 CRUES C + (seafare)R + [L]UES
7 MHORR M[E]RR(y) around HO
8 PARISHEN (RAN SHIP) * around [B]E
9 ENAMOUR E + MAN < + OUR
10 RIDE UP (BESTRIDE − BEST) + UP
12 STIRK TI[N] in (STORK − TO)
19 UPPER [S]CUPPER − C
20 UNROTTEN RN < in (NOT T[R]UE) *
22 SIGNIEUR SIGN + IE + [E]UR
23 CHUMMING CHU(t) + M[I]MING
25 TONNAGE NAG in TONE
27 WHILOM WHIM around LO(g)
28 TEMNE (SEAMEN AT) * − (AS A) *
29 HARTAL H(ydr)A + (L + TAR) *
30 GREASE GREASE(r)
31 TWEED (T(opgallant) or (topgallan)T) + WEED
33 ONION ORION with N for (afte)R(deck)
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