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The unclued lights are ROMAN CROWNS. First prize Philip Hawkins, Wirksworth, Matlock, Derbyshire Runners-up G.H.

The unclued lights are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer.

The unclued lights are of a specific kind. Additionally each is a legitimate inflected headword in Chambers. Elsewhere, ignore one acute accent and an apostrophe.   Across   4    By the way, black weapon is a valuable curio (9, two words) 9    C.O.O.L.E.R. characters in the mail?

The unclued lights (one hyphened, one of two words), individually or as four pairs, are of a kind.   Across   4    Small thief accepting a lead album for cuttings (9) 10    Photographer’s kit cases with 40 systems (10) 11    Composer from Harlem, composed (6) 12    Unscrupulous member of the French Academy drops tenor (7) 14    Speeds new shipment NHS omitted (5) 15    Separate old coil (5) 16    A chore cooking vegetable (6) 22    He certainly puts his foot down (8) 23    Most haggard marine removed from unclued pair, maybe (7) 27    No organ here — now that’s a drama, we’re told (7) 29    Not acquired — left in or left out!

The unclued lights are of a specific kind.   Across   11    Top flier backs help for sloth (6) 12    Birds on the barriers (5) 14    Mayfly larva on cobras, dead (5) 15    The head that’s characteristic of the Russian Church (5) 17    Lay claim to 32s somehow (6) 19    Eric needs new place to stay (9) 21    Caught fish, mushy peas and wine? (7) 24    Short Celt, retired keeper, in a 2-2 match?

The unclued lights (one of three words and three of two), as three pairs and three individually, are of a kind. Ignore four accents and one apostrophe, in total.

The unclued lights are of a kind and are listed together in Chambers 2011. Solvers should highlight two normally clued solutions which together form another theme-word.   Across   1    Ties series of games with instrumentalists (11, two words) 7    Small county’s struggle (3) 11    Clog has lost its tip – repaired clog (6) 16    Young lad from Nantwich, rising (5) 17    Number one difficulty in the Big Apple (6) 18    Old count makes school on time (5) 20    Dazed state from formal protest?

Solvers must create the barred grid for themselves; the resulting grid is symmetrical whichever side is uppermost. When submitting an entry, solvers need not indicate the clue numbers, but must clearly indicate the pattern of eight bars at the centre of the grid which is an example of the theme. This pattern is named as one of the unclued lights which are of a kind and all are shown in Brewer. Ignore three acute accents. Across 4    Dictator takes Artemis out East – he fears Gaul (11) 11    What about painting wrongly?

The unclued lights (one doubly hyphened) share a medical similarity. (Despite appearances there are no rude words in the puzzle!)   Across   3    Revolutionary clock setting? (12, two words) 11    Vessels from fleet in the States (4) 12    When a name is misrepresented? (7) 16    Caught bird, reportedly, on rock (5) 18    Oarsman’s swimming style (6) 20    33’s code-words (5) 22    Some disc analysis?

The unclued lights (33 with I) are of a kind, all verifiable in Chambers under the appropriate headword.   Across   1    Chief director takes one look at the league (13, two words) 8    Very best note on new piano (7) 10    1 and 10 down. Confused? I’m off!

The unclued lights (two must be paired) are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer.