Clockwise round the perimeter from 3 run the titles of three items (1, 6, 3, 1, 4, 2, 1, 4, 1, 4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 3, 4) from the same source, the title of which is epitomised by the four unclued lights. Ignore two apostrophes.
Across
8 Slowly cycling with a bouquet? (5)
9 Party hit the roof in court (6, hyphened)
10 Man feels relaxed and gets angry no more (8)
12 Poet’s precious metalon the other side of Scotland (4)
14 How airlock puzzled tireless toiler (10)
15 Silkworms stupidsort uses (8)
20 Dish with oomph is round cuddling that man (7)
21 Small group of cells Iceland rented out (5)
23 Face lacking incharacter (3)
26 Box in Bear State (3)
30 Some essential bread (5)
32 Pass children overstream (7)
33 Young person’s type of tie (6)
34 Nasty python creepy at heart mesmerised one (8)
36 Shop restored escritoires college neglected (10)
38 Slippery earth infenland location (4)
40 Orator agitated brother born elsewhere (6)
41 Popular city contains uranium plant (5)
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