The unclued lights are examples of super slang listed on pp 7/8 in the Word Lover’s Miscellany section of Chambers 2011.
First prize Paul Boswell, Hook, Hampshire
Runners-up M. Puttick, Montpézat, France; M.F. O’Brien, London N12
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