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The unclued lights, (one individually, one of two words and three pairs), are of a kind.   Across   4    Popular executive having brush with copper can’t be condoned (11) 12    Left back’s round, round body (5) 13    Artless pastor immersed in revenue probe (11) 14    It’s steady to be unsteady (4) 15    One member’s a scoundrel (3) 18    Remained firm to the finish and awfully rude (7) 19    Levantine query to god’s high priesthood (7) 23    Returning runner has cost of Malay fabrics (6) 24    1300H — united — agree?

The unclued lights (one of two words) are of a specific kind. Ignore all accents.   Across 1 H-E-X? (5) 4 Series of numbers causing confab about 1 and 101 (9) 10 In an alienating way, first disproving 4 = 4. See? (10) 11 Shaver heard to be one on the way up?

The solutions to numbered lights are the words missing from the story. The unclued lights are the names of twenty-two Scottish lochs.  However, forty-four names of lochs appear in the story, all of which are hidden or appear in jumbled form in the story. Solvers are not required to list the ‘discarded’ lochs.   I was glad to receive the 26 (hyphened) from both my surgeons who told me that no 5 had 22 following the operation on my knee which I had injured falling off a 41.   They told me, ‘Watch how far you 38 though. You can try one or two miles without any effect. Remember another strain keeps you off the road again.’ ‘So I reckon my plans for my 44 bike trip to the 23 of France have to be 25 short,’ I pensively replied.

The unclued lights (two of three and one of two words), when preceded by the same word which solvers must include along with their completed grid, can be verified in Brewer.   Across   9    Small cafe spoken of in ski-lift (4, hyphened) 11    Computer functions ’til a server crashes (10) 16    Mature writer backed Ireland first (5) 17    It’s cold, but hot when one is there!

When paired, the unclued lights (one hyphened) are of a kind. Ignore two accents. (The solution at 15D is not listed in Chambers and that at 36D only at its definition.)   Across 3    Global popularity of a lecturer in Keele, say (12) 13    Covered pathways badly made inside, unfortunately (8) 18    Race-course records medal (5) 19    Forced Alan to be involved with U-turn (9) 22    Chemical company is here in France (3) 24    Endless yearning to embrace secretary causing gloom (7) 25    Allowed fellow to enter, then departed (4) 26    Would it provide some relief and relaxation? (7) 28    Novel resort in Arden?

The unclued lights are of a kind, verifiable in an entry in Brewer. Solvers are required to highlight an eight-letter headword from this entry in the completed grid. Elsewhere, ignore all accents.

Each of the four paired lights (at 1A/4, 13/14, 30/31 and 32/33) forms a RIGHT ANGLE which is the solution in each case. Four right angles equal THREE SIXTY DEGREES (the solutions at 23/40/15), thus making the FULL CIRCLE of the title. First prize R.R.

The unclued lights formed from the anagrams of the Lover’s Knot clues are boys’ and girls’ names, entered at consecutive solutions, as follows: 1D/2; 15/18; 21A/23; 27/30; 29/31.   First prize Vivienne Pyatt, Arkesden, Essex Runners-up S.L.

The unclued lights are presented in the form of the Lover’s Knots below. Each ‘Knot’ can be unravelled into two words which are connected only for the purposes of this puzzle. These are then to be entered in the grid, always as pairs of consecutive lights.   LOVER’S KNOT CLUES a) A thin bride b) Bach ate tenderloins c) Clara’s feminine d) Islander’s mural e) Norse warfare   Across 1 Fractures both bits – a betrayal (13, three words) 9 Redhead notices extremists (4) 11 0 and O (for instance) sent between the unclued lights?

The unclued LIGHTS are LEADERS, verifiable under the entry for RULERS in Brewer. First prize Sandra Speak, Dursley, Glos Runners-up  P. and R.