Cruciverbal Creed by Syd Lexis

Puzzle explanation

The quotation, from George Mackay Brown’s novel Time in a Red Coat, was “We who deal in words must strive to keep language pure and wholesome”. The remaining unclued entries could be defined by “pure” and/or “wholesome”.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Answer Explanation [extra letter]
Across
1 PHRENETIC (I CREPT [W]HEN) *
7 MARA MAR[E] + A
10 ROOSE [W]OOSE(l) around R
11 REJOICES RE + JOES around [H]IC
14 ANARCHIC AN[O]A + R(age) + CHIC
15 SMALT S(a)[D] < + MALT
16 PSORA P + ’S + OR[E]A(d)
18 TALERS R[A]S after TALE
19 ENOSIS OS in [L]INES *
20 INNS INN[I]NGS − NG
21 TOR TOR[N]ADO − ADO
22 AUTOS [W]AS(p) around OUT *
27 EYOTS YE < + C[O]OTS − C
29 AID A[R]ID
30 OTTO [D]O around OTT
31 GORGET GORGE[S] + T(hroat)
33 BAREST BAR[M] + EST
35 TRIED I in (TR[U]E + D)
36 FAVEL FL around AVE[S]
38 APHETISE [T]APE around (HEIST with T moved forward)
40 BAYBERRY [S]ERRY after BABY *
41 NULLS LL in NU[T]S
42 SLUE [R]ULES *
43 NOISELESS (SEN[I]LE OSSI) *
Down
2 HOGMANAY HOG + MAY around [V]AN
3 ROTA ROT + A[E]
5 TEN TEN[T]
6 CORONA CO[O] + RONA
7 MICRO MI + ROC[K] *
8 REIN REIN[E]
9 ASCUS A + SCUS[E]
13 FLESH FISH with LE[P] for I
23 OUTSELLS [L]OUTS + ELLS
26 MORAT OR[A] in MAT
28 SEITEN I[N]TENSE *
31 GRABS [G]R in GABS
32 GREBE B[U]RGEE *
34 OPAL (LA + PO[A]) <
37 VILE VILLA[G]E − LA
39 SRI RIS[E] *
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