Lost by Dash

Puzzle explanation

The unclued entries were HENRY, STEPHEN and MATILDA. King Henry I’s son William Adelin was lost in the wreck of The White Ship, leaving him without a male heir. On Henry’s death, Stephen and Matilda contended for the throne, leading to almost 20 years of unrest known as The ANARCHY (to which 5dn was changed). The extra letters in wordplay spelt out “William in boat and new king”, so ADELIN and THE WHITE SHIP were highlighted at the bottom of the grid (highlighting of either E in 19dn was accepted), along with HENRY II (in row 4), whose accession ended the Anarchy.

Clue explanations

Conventions: * = anagram, < = reversal

No Answer Explanation [extra letter]
Across
1 MUSCOVADO MUSCOV(y) + [W]AD + O
7 MAS MASA[I] − A
9 OUTAGE [L]OUT + (r)AGE(s)
10 ALULA AL[L] + U + L + A
11 TSOTSI (IS TO S[I]T) *
13 AM-DRAM A + M[A]D + RAM
15 IMP [M]IM + P
17 REPOTS (O + PR[I]EST) *
18 CREDAL (CALE[N]DAR − A) *
19 GLAD LA[B] in (G + D)
21 AGATE A + G[O]AT + E
23 SHRED [A]SH + RED
24 YGOE GO[T] in YE
26 PEAPOD [A]PE + AP(e) + O/D
28 PEDDLE PE[N]D + D(u)L(l)E(r)
30 INN [D]IN around N
31 MACRO MACRO[N]
32 TADJIK KIT[E] < around (A + DJ)
33 ENWRAP [W]EN + W + RAP
34 AHEAD [K]EA + D after AH
35 LINTIE LIE around INT[I]
36 LEE LEO[N]E − O
37 WHITE-SHOE (SI[G]HT HE) * in WOE
Down
1 MOTORY MO + TORY
2 STOEP S(e)T (h)O(m)E (u)P
3 CATHOLE CATHODE with L for D
4 VEINS (acti)VE IN S(ex)
5 A FAR CRY (o)AF(’s) (f)AR(m) (a)CR(e) + Y(ield)
6 OLDIE (old-scho)OL DIE(hard)
7 MURIDAE (RID + AE) after MU
8 SAMPLE S(ips) + AMPLE
10 AMY A + MY
19 GRANDEE ANGERED *
20 DIDAKEI A in KIDDIE *
22 GODOWNS GOD + OWNS
23 SPITAL (LA + TIPS) <
25 PEE-PEE PEEP-EE
27 PI-JAW I,J in PAW
28 P-CELT PELT around C
29 DERTH D(r)E(a)R(y) + TH’
31 MID DIM <
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