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.
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4 By the way, black weapon is a valuable curio (9, two words)
9 C.O.O.L.E.R.

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