Each of four unclued lights is the result of an action that may be described as 7 (hyphened), a definition of which is supplied by an unclued light. One unclued light is the result of 39 (a three-word phrase confirmed in Chambers under its third word). Elsewhere, ignore an accent.
Across
1 Commercial projects including no charge for accessories (8)
8 Parties without tense moments (4)
11 Cut capers, excited to get mortarboards (12, two words)
12 Superfluous middle part in speech (5)
14 Very hot fuel in heap (7)
16 Radical in revolutionary league (4)
17 Music, tiny portion by Georgia (5)
18 Diagram of interactions absent in English school (6)
22 Following escape, abandoned by bishop, get angry (8, two words)
23 Hamper with cover, about right for seller’s wares (7)
24 Stronger carpenter’s chisel (6)
25 Initiate accepted during meal (6)
27 Being after quick fixes (7)
29 Track from new terminal (8)
33 Gang led by nut in repetition of performance (6)
34 Behind a nest, fluttering (5)
35 Song they amend, leaving odd bits out (4)
37 Call with warning, having no love for bookmakers (7)
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