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The unclued lights are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer.   Across 11    Oil-well cap adjusted as ornamentation (10, two words) 13    Some entertainer, dynamic, but socially inept (5) 14    Horseman’s additional clause (5) 15    Half-scores I have in short are nerve-racking (7) 18    Wicket that is most unplayable for a batsman? (6) 19    Jack’s heard something in church (4) 22    Len rummaged in the locker with gusto (6) 24    O, Gorblimi — it’s a mess — it’s a tangle (9) 25    Cross beams?

Clues are presented in strict alphabetical order of their solutions. Solvers have to assign the solutions to their correct places in the grid jigsaw-fashion.

The unclued lights, four of two words, individually or as a pair, are of a kind.   Across 11    After hint turned up, end of match had leftist outwitted (7) 12    Problem with French name turning page (6) 13    January not starting pleasant round island — likely to be soaked?  (9, three words) 14    Break-time first — that’s the general drift! (5) 16    Light-hearted joking when taking tea with F-Fawley (5) 19    Data emerged; half rejected.

The unclued lights (one of two words) share a feature, different in each case, and one is a past participle. One of the clued solutions shares this feature but is not as long and should be highlighted. One other solution is an acronym.

The unclued lights are of a kind and all have to be ignored in the completed grid.   Across 1    Fortune-teller worried small company chairmen. Right! (11) 7    Party goer often over the clutch (3) 11    Spike, I look anaemic! (6) 13    Prize stone cut with edge of blade (7) 15    Become liable to back police force and its patch (5) 18    Similar to a story about Bartok’s finale (5) 20    Outline is almost correct (6) 21    Sleep on board – records on film? (5) 22    About one, delivers a flower (7) 29    European birds in the housetops?

The unclued lights (five of two words, two pairs and a singleton) are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer.   Across   11    Ore obtained by worker underground, a trainee (7) 12    DJ due to broadcast around ten (6) 16    Bound by discretion, one is silent (5) 19    Quandary of back-cover girl (7) 21    Bridge closure? (4) 23    In France the one certain time for relaxation (7) 24    Second bird in winter nest (4) 25    Setter’s quick riposte around the end of June — does it get on your nerves?

The seven clues below have to be interpreted cryptically and are then entered in the grid where they will fit. (In 10 Down, alphabetical order takes precedence in one unchecked letter.

The unclued lights, two of two words and the remainder when paired, are of a kind.   Across 1    No fellow for mixing! (8, two words) 8    Over the channel I have left the Bastille, say (4) 12    Garbage has been the empties (5) 14    Seals cases (7) 16    Care costing less than a shilling (4) 17    Overheard boy get down to pray (5) 18    Is leaving Rhodesia, troubled. How sad (6, two words) 22    As a literary quintet getting on thus? (8) 24    Joined the union later!

The unclued lights can be paired in some way or other. One is of two words.

Three unclued lights featured the remaining ones, two of two words, the others paired. Two of them do double duty. Elsewhere, ignore one circumflex.

The unclued lights, one of two words, and the others when paired are of a kind. One individual unclued light does double duty.   Across 1    Women’s painting seen initially returning by tube (5) 4    Look about, right and left, in a jaunty manner (9) 9    Home I leave — priests’ centre’s defining acts of wickedness (10) 11    Give address that’s fancy, not new (5) 12    Porcelain broken, lacking no true copy (7) 16    Trojan horse finally gains access to a stable backwards (6) 21    What is going beyond The Pale?

All the unclued Across lights are of a kind, as are all the unclued Down ones. They can be paired appropriately, and can be confirmed in Brewer.   Across 4    What’s blocking criminal courts I bet around five? (11) 11    Land adviser returning to wharf without question (7) 16   Suave young socialite leaves broadcasting (5, two words) 21    Not half remarkably rapid. It’s the limit!

The dozen unclued lights can be arranged in a specific sequence when preceded by or followed by their sequence indicators which do not appear in the puzzle. But, two clued solutions happen to include the second word of the sequence! All but one (at 19, with an apostrophe) of the dozen resulting phrases can be verified in Brewer or Chambers. Ignore two accents, and 15D includes an abbreviation.

The unclued lights (three of two words) are of a kind.   Across 1    Slices top of sausage in front of dogs (5) 6    Starting at Keele, say, in flames?

In loving memory of 20 41 Considine (10/10/27–24/7/18), the doyenne of crossword compilers. The unclued lights and those clued without thematic definition are of a kind. Ignore two accents. All are confirmed in Chambers.   Across 4    Poor twerp forced to know his lines thus? (11, hyphened) 11    Travelling bohemians leave me out (7) 13    Finish in airport building, losing bit of luggage, note (9) 14    Novelist rejecting material (5) 19    Thanks team about seaman parked in 6?

The unclued lights (two of two words, and the rest paired) are of a kind.   Across 1    Book with smears around comments on jackets (6) 7    Fashions in stationers (6) 11    Made supple, brewing old-time ale (10) 14    US novelist left out, downstairs (5) 15    Wife and marine attacked telegraph fitter (7) 17    One of England’s winners in Moscow — or loss!

One of the clued lights below reveals the theme which Brewer confirms. One of the unclued lights is not paired as the others are. Two successively numbered unclued lights form one of the theme words.

The unclued lights are of a kind. Ignore all accents and diacritical marks throughout the puzzle. The fifth letter of each of the nine unclued lights reveal A BASS FUEL.

The unclued lights (two of two words) can be all be preceded by the same word which solvers have to highlight appropriately in the completed grid. All are confirmed in Brewer apart from one, which is not listed in Chambers either (surprisingly).

The unclued lights (one individually and five pairs) are of a kind.   Across 1    German leader put stuff back into soup (8) 5    More lascivious-sounding marketeer (6) 9    Powerless to operate, having drunk UK brown ale (10) 14    Ceilidh lacks odd members of antiquity (3) 16    Tries half the fish at 42 with starchy pudding (6, three words) 18    Brief period of enchantment (5) 20    Select group at lake bed, first (7) 22    Regular terminus — no less — for Badminton Horse Trials participant (7) 24    Because Santa left, station wagon crashed (7, two words) 25    Girl cried ‘It hurt a bit!