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Unclued lights consist of a quotation (in ODQ), its speaker and source, and a synonym (one hyphened) of each of its three words. Its author appears in the grid and must be shaded.

The unclued lights (one of two words, one of three and-another of four components) are of a kind. Chambers gives only a cognate of the solution at 7 Down.

Clockwise round the grid from 21 runs a timely quotation (9,5,3,5,2,7,3,11,5) (in ODQ) followed by the initials of its author, a 2/5. The source is 18/17.   Across 8    Plump for some drinks and a sandwich (5) 9    Law-officer fills ditch for president (6) 10    Passé person knows Beatrix by name (7, hyphened) 12    Classy beaver possibly circling Beehive State (4) 14    Architect produces TV show (10) 15    Not one famous aviator, not one, develops mould (8, two words) 20    Black and gold date plant (6) 22    Piece of poetry in Pabulum’s book (4) 24    Nine bushels of dough or blubber?

Each of eleven clues comprises a definition part and a hidden consecutive jumble of the answer including one extra letter; the extras spell a three-word phrase. Clues in italics consist of cryptic indications of partial answers; in each case, the indicated part must do as stated by the phrase to create the full answer to be entered in the grid. Definitions of resulting entries are supplied by the remaining unclued lights. Elsewhere, ignore three accents.

The unclued lights are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer. Ignore one apostrophe.   Across   1     Top for one dining in Cornwall? (7) 11     Rainy weather trapped everyone, in case (6) 12     Chosen the same, leaderless (7) 14     Old sweetheart at short race track (5) 16     Hang around. Look — it’s the Queen!

Four pairs of unclued lights suggest the constituent parts of a name (two words). Elsewhere, ignore three accents.

Across clues contain a definition and a jumble of the answer. In each row of the grid, a Shakespearean character is hiding, disguised by one letter. In one instance, the character does not occupy a whole entry — and in that instance the character is also hiding in the previous row. The disguises add up to a relevant occasion, and must be highlighted. Elsewhere, ignore an accent.   Across 1    Lear misread old poets (6) 7    Tybalt’s a rock (6) 12    Four men Diana dressed similarly (9) 13    Cordelia clipped hairs (5) 15    Elegiac Katherine decapitated (9) 16    Goneril hates meatloaf (6) 20    Autolycus, traditionally one associated with trifles?

Having solved the puzzle, solvers are required to highlight a 2x2 square which contains the four letters of the otherwise unclued theme word. This theme word can be paired with five of the unclued lights. The resulting pairs are then defined by the remaining five unclued lights (two of two words), all of which can be verified in Brewer.   Across 9    Islands forming ring — possibly a nice area (7) 11    Tail of forsaken kangaroo was not once in cell (7) 12    Dictator arrests leader of army violently (5) 17    Mac’s own muslin.

Definitions in ten clues contain a misprint; corrections spell out a theme word. Unclued lights are four pairs of words of a kind, each relating to the theme word in a different way. Elsewhere, ignore one accent.   Across 11    Like some parasites? See ten in rotten tree house (12) 12    Statesman needs iron, regularly pale (5) 14    Flexible tenures for colony’s workers?

Seven words read clockwise round the perimeter, in alphabetical order. Each of eighteen clues contains a misprinted letter in the definition part. Corrections of misprints spell two words; the first defines six words in the perimeter, and the second defines the last word in the perimeter. Letters in corner squares and those adjacent to them could make OUR TREK MAGIC.

The perimeter squares yield six theme-words in order, though any one of them can come first. The remaining unclued lights (two individually and a pair) reveal three more theme words. Solvers are asked to highlight in the appropriate colour a final two-word theme-word hidden in two rows in the completed grid.

Clockwise round the perimeter from 3 run the titles of three items (1, 6, 3, 1, 4, 2, 1, 4, 1, 4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 3, 4) from the same source, the title of which is epitomised by the four unclued lights. Ignore two apostrophes. Across 8    Slowly cycling with a bouquet?

In eight clues, cryptic -indications omit reference to parts of answers; these parts must be highlighted, to reveal two words. Two unclued lights are definitions of the first word; the second word defines each of six unclued lights.

All but one of the unclued lights can be preceded by the same word, large or small. Solvers are requested to highlight the other thematic solution which does not follow this pattern. Brewer confirms the theme. Across 3    Acrylic pot he refashioned in copper and iron compound (12) 11    33 returning after the usual time (4) 12    Accountant’s car by hill (7) 16    Educated, but lacking a CD for reviewing piece of music (5) 18    Not much life in a cell?

Seven unclued lights (all real words) are names of 22 (hyphened) minus one letter. The missing letters give GROWN-UP.   Across 4    Game Charlie (athletic chap with a heart problem) (9) 10    Pro shinned nastily getting painkillers (10) 11    Rosy Lee and fellow almost dance (6, hyphened) 12    Secure university members axed watchman (7, two words) 14    Toast and honey?

Answers to clues in italics are to be subjected, before entry in the grid, to the treatment indicated by one unclued light (three words). Definitions of the resulting entries are supplied by the other unclued lights.

The unclued lights (two of two words) are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer among other reference books. Elsewhere, ignore one grave accent.

One of the unclued entries (two words) defines the others (two of which are hyphened), which are all real words. Collins, not Chambers, confirms 23D. Ignore one accent in the unclued entries and another elsewhere.   Across 1    Clergymen demolishing a church helping its loss of status (14) 9    See missing competitor getting ready for Gulf states?

Around the perimeter starting at one corner run two lines of a verse (ten words). Two unclued lights give the name of the author (in her formal style); other unclued lights give one association with each of the adjectives in the quotation.   Across 10    Smile conceals a natural character (5) 11    Eastern exercise in goodness is vain (5) 14    Clever Scots start to get on (4) 15    I left flying Gulf Air, not rich (6) 17    A few lines, and three more, including English correspondence (8) 20    Growing attached, is less easy at first to dislodge (7) 22    Old jingle about this ruler (4) 24    A conquest of Zeus?

The unclued Across lights (two of two words) are of a kind, as are the unclued Down ones, all verifiable in Brewer 19th edition.