Yes You Can by Atlas

Puzzle explanation

The wrong letters in wordplay spelt out “highlight your achievement”. The grid letters omitted in wordplay were EINEG (GENIE reading backwards), around which NEBUCHADNEZZAR formed a bottle shape. So, by restoring the omitted letters, the solver’s achievement was to “put the genie back in the bottle”.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Answer (omitted letters) Explanation [wrong letter]
Across
1 ESTOP E(xcavate) + S[H]OP
5 BONDAGER B[I]ER around (AND * + (ni)G(ht))
11 NAB NABOB − OB
12 DOIT (I + T(alk)) after DO
13 ROOTY [G]O + TO < + Y
14 GRILL ROOM ROOM after [H]ILL after G
16 NURS ((player)S RUN(ning)) <
17 TIAN TAHITIAN − (A + HIT)
18 LEST LT around (witness)ES
21 ÉCURIE (E + IE) around CUR
23 INN IN[L](and)
24 ZEBU (h)[I](d)E (a)B(o)U(t)
25 CHANAS CHA + [G]AS
26 DON(E IN), def. in 20dn DON
27 (EG)DON, def. in 5dn DON
29 DUMB M(ajority) in [H]UB
31 RAZZ [T]AZZ(a)
32 ENROL (Hel)EN ROL(lason)
34 RIO RIALTO − ALT
35 STEANE SET * + AN[Y]
36 ATOKAL A + TO[O]L around K
37 NIGH ON NIGH(t) + O’ + N
38 MAYTIME (I + MY TEAM) *
41 WIND WIN + (roun)D
42 INDENT [U]N + DEN + T
43 LEAD LEA[R]
44 CAMESE CAME + [A]S <
45 DEHISCE HIS in ([C](as)E + C(as)E)
Down
1 ENANTIODROMIC (MAO IN DOCTRINE) *
2 SAGUIN [H]A + GUIN(ea), ie 2/3 of 21 shillings
3 ODIST ([I]D + ST) around I
4 POLT PORT with L for R
5 BILIMB(I), def. in 25dn B(rier) + I + LIMB
6 NO ONE N[É]E around OO; ref. Macbeth
7 DROICH [V]OIC(e) in DH
8 GOVERNORSHIPS PIGS * around (OVER + NOSH around R)
9 ETESIAN (EI + AN) around TES
10 RYOT RY[E] + T(oran)
15 RAPU(N)ZEL, def. in 27ac RA + PUZEL
19 ENOMOTY (TOM[M]Y ON) *
20 DE(E)RSKINS, def. in 28dn KIN in DRESS *
22 ESCLANDRE ES + CLAN + [E]RE
25 C(É)ZANNE, def. in 15dn Z in CANNE(s)
28 (G)ENIZAH, def. in 26ac (IN in HAZE) <
30 BOOTEE BO[N] + TEE
33 OZONIC ON after OZ + I/C
39 ANA (S)A[T]A(n)
40 ELD (T)E(a) L(a)D(y)
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