One unclued light, a term for any member of a group to which two unclued lights belong, can be divided into three words; each of these has two synonyms among the remaining unclued lights.
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11 Last moment, still in terrible hole, hurt (12, two words)
12 Sandpiper needing energy in migration (5)
14 Children walk dog around (7)
16 Month in Spain, mostly quiet (4)
17 Greeting laws debarring united exodus (5)
22 Pay out, having arranged bus rides (8)
23 Country surrounded by sea with name for jellyfish (7)
24 Breeches king wears in accordance with custom (6)
25 Bloom in dish carried by old man (6)
27 Tool and nut with number back in box (7)
33 Witch in great state of discomfort (6)
34 Money held by bank returned in transfer (5)
35 Part of gala I considered non-professional (4)
37 Heavenly city? Area beset by crime (7)
38 Cold evening after sun’s setting (5)
39 Prisoners add to lie, criminally united (12)
40 Begin to grow light beard, following duke (4)
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