Nine unclued lights form three triplets, each related in a different way to the tenth.

Across

1    Cartoonist has formerly captivated Spain (5)

10    Swayed and quit, sick in the stomach (10)

14    Handles fine fish (5)

15    Have a few days at skate park (5)

16    As support, use skinny leg (4,2)

20    Dancer for one popular in scarlet always (8)

21    A lamb chop? (7)

22    Former army head smokes (4)

25    Coal say in chimney left to the end (4)

29    Manage what deli may supply (4,4)

33    Sea having a unifying motif (6)

34    Teenager cleaned out in pathetic fiddle (5)

35    Transport apparently good army sections (5)

36    May shortly point out a high platform (7)

37    A case in Finland progressively diminished (6)

39    Symbolic ribbons with shore-bird fancier’s motto? (4-5)

40    Inhale drug, setting note in type (5)

Down

2    Escaped, not at first deceived (6)

3    Skill in story books (6)

4    Having made comparison, prefer Edward (7)

5    One singing about lake bird? Not so fast! (10)

6    Cutting one cactus into bits (7)

7    Go mad as result of committing serious foul? (3,3)

8    Greek goddesses in Ireland? It is so (7)

9    Resentment heard from private soldier (6)

15    Man ran out of adrenalin, collapsing (6)

17    Live by a church, the principal side facing the sea (5-5)

18    In worst cases a failure to turn up after exercise (7)

19    Watched short film about sheep (6)

23    Sharp change of direction for extreme socialist (4,4)

24    Beaten up, gets a work-over, from them? (7)

28    A wicket falling, what fixes where bowlers may rest (7)

29    Gloomy doctrine boy grows up to accept (6)

30    Behold a born debtor (6)

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