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31 Across:- "Shame how two Verona households are so alike" (9) I-----I-Y (No doubt the Bard enters the equation?)
2 Down:- "Actress in faint light needing energy, for one" (7)
S-A-L-T (I imagine this is STARLET but can't parse the whole clue)

31a IN DIGNITY

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/587410-two-households-both-alike-in-dignity-in-fair-verona-where

2d STARLET

Starlit, in faint light, replacing the I with an E (Energy for one)

2d STARLIT with the I (One) becoming E (Energy) = STARLET

Many thanks, Mattrom! This just leaves me with 48 Down:-
"In peace, picking up one board game or another" (5)
S-O-I (this would appear to be SHOGI, but can't yet
justify it)

Thanks also to Brendan - A million thanks to anyone who can confirm whether it may be SHOGI for 48 Down!

Shogi is a Japanese form of chess.
In peace could be "sh".
One is "i"
"Go" is a board game.
"Sh" picking up "i go"/"og I"
Shogi ?