Betrayal by Nudd

Puzzle explanation

Corrections to the misprints in across clues spelt out “HPLY grey, BNJAUQGCR brown”, indicating the colours for shading cells that contained the listed sets of letters. The extra letters in wordplay for column entries gave “Ceci n’est pas une pipe”. The resulting image represented René Magritte’s 1929 painting La trahison des images (The Treachery of Images).

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Misprint Answer Explanation [extra letter]
Across
1 (H)erons SQUACCOS SQUAD letters preceding (Evit)A + ACCOS(t)
7 (P)aste MISO (pastra)MI SO(up)
10 fi(L)o PHYLLO PHYL(e) + L + O’
15 wa(Y)s TANGRAM TANG + RAM
17 (G)rabs TO SELL (f)LOTELS *
19 (R)est DEID (Scotlan)D + E(nhance) + ID
20 p(E)ace RIOTER RIO + TER
21 Pla(Y)s FIFES F(estival) in FIE + S
22 (B)one’s EBURNATION E + BUR + NATION
23 me(N)d BEET BEE + T
24 (J)ock VACANCE VALANCE with C for L
27 co(A)rse CRASS CR + ASS
30 (U)x. FEMMES MM in FEES
32 (Q)uality RAGA RAG + A
33 pi(G)s ARNUT ARNAOUT − AO
35 Re(C)ords VIDEOS VIDE + OS
36 (R)ail SORA (p)SORA
37 well-(B)orn GRANDEES GRENADES *
38 (R)olled TOSSED DESPOT < with S for P
39 l(O)vers TETRA TREAT *
40 (W)hack AJEE A + JEEP − P
41 li(N)es SESTETTES S(pen)T in SETTEES *
Down
1   STIEVEST S + TI[C]E + VEST
2   UNAU (Fa)UNA [C]U(rrently)
3   AGAR-AGAR N[I]AGARA − N(utrition) + GAR
4   CRAN CRA[N]NY − Y
5   CARACARA CARACAS − S + [E]RA
6   STOIC STO[T] + (n)IC(e)
7   MOT TOM <
8   SERB (carou)SER[S] B(reak)
9   OLPES PO[U]LES *
10   PLIÉ PI[N]E around L
11   HEFTED EFT in HE[E]D
12   LEFTMOST MO[I]ST after LEFT
13   LIEVE (E[P] + VEIL) <
14   ODSO (G)ODSO(n)
16   ARBA AR[E]A around B
18   SENATES SE[A] + NATES
19   DIMMEST MM in DIES + [P]T
25   CART A(cto)R in CT
26   NAGA N + AGA
28   RUDE [P]RUDE
29   SMEE SEE around M(ucky)
30   FITT FIT + (protes)T
31   SODS S + OD[E] + S
34   RAJ JAR[S] <
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