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Thanks unclued, it was as I had thought, I just didn’t see the names in the three words. However, is Agnes a French name and, if so, is “Mia” an abode? Or am I missing something. Also, I have “Farrow” as one of the extra words but can’t find a word for it after the deletions, apart from “lain”.

Silly me. Just after posting I realised about the actress.

Plodding along and nearly there. One or two still frustrating me. We seem to be in a run of very hard Listeners. Thanks as ever for the input here. It all really helps when the inevitable brick wall arrives. I will get there in the end, but for now I am troubled by 22 by where the 'chip' comes from to circle round SWI. Does 'race circuit' become 'chip'? Or is 'race' extra?

Also I have the last 2 letters of 17a as VT. 8&9 seem like solid answers to get this, but I am guessing that 8 is wrong as it doesn't sit nicely later on.......

Rrrobbo, the V in your 17 A is wrong.

OK, got 17a to prove 8d wrong......

rrobbo, for 22 race is extra and chip = circuit. 8 down is thematic with L taking the place of I in CHARIOT.

I thought this was excellent. Looked intimidating at first but was just about crackable.

Only loose end for me is 42a. I have moved ‘per’ to the last word so have a definition I’m happy with, but can’t see the wordplay. Is there a word for an Asian rhino in there somewhere, or is it currency?

Thanks

Figured it out now, the old ‘at’ of course.

I have hit a wall here.
I get the theme, have all the names and most of the extra words. But am struggling to solve the last clues. Using previous hints I have the name for 8d but this contradicts what I thought was a very good answer for 17a. I have its 4th letter as 'O'. If it is 'R' can someone help me to parse the answer?
Then to get me going again help with 19a would be welcome.

Catkin, the fourth letter in 17 A is definitely R - and read backwards it describes Huey, Dewey and Louis. Read forwards it's laughter from....a place.

19 A has lots of 'points', geographically speaking. There's a misprint at the start of the clue.