The 10 solutions were English placenames lacking the word TON (=100, though purists might insist in these cases it means ‘town’).
ACROSS
1 WORKING; row (rev.) + King
6 SPLAT; L in spat
10 ABED; deb a (all rev.)
11 CHALK; Ch. (t)alk
12 REPROBATE; re + anag.
13 HERD; her D & lit.
14 GREATER; a t in Greer
15 IMMERSES; I’m + s in meres
18 SHIP; anag.
20 NESTER; hidden
22 PENT; pen ‘t
24 GETS; ge(n)ts
26 BRIDGE; b ridge
27 SKIP; K in sip
28 MONOCLED; anag.
30 TALLBOY; all b in toy
33 QUAD; 2 mngs.
35 ON THE BALL; 2 mngs.
36 CEASE; C ease
37 OGEN; 0 gen
38 KINGS; k(ill)ings
39 DARLING; l in daring
DOWN
1 WASHING; shin in wag
2 OBOE; O b o(n)e
3 REARM; rear m
4 ICE-CREAM; anag.
5 GARRET; g arre(s)t
6 SLOE; slo(p)e
7 LOATHED; the in load
8 ANTE; ‘anti’
9 TWERP; t(0)wer P
16 MEEK; m eek!
17 STROLLER; St. roller
19 INGE; hidden
21 STILTON; tilt in son
23 TEDDING; hidden
25 TOO BAD; boot (rev.) + a(n)d
27 STOCK; s tock
29 LURGI; g in luri(d)
31 ANTI; cf. ain’t
32 BEES; see b (all rev.)
34 AMEN; a men
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