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All but one of the unclued lights are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer. The remaining one links the others. Ignore one apostrophe and two accents. Across 12    Prepare linguine vongole starter for opening ceremony (9) 13    Two guys retiring to Hawaiian island (5) 15    Cartoonists redesign a main story, cutting the end (9) 16   

Eight unclued solutions, including a pair, are of a kind. Across 11    Most excellent expert admitting: ‘Everyone can be beaten!’ (9) 12    Left centre of Kyoto for coastal city (5) 13    Game playing isn’t tenable (5,6) 14    My elderly grandma always danced the leads (4) 18    Dish of noodles King and I tucked into (7)

Five pairs of unclued lights are similarly linked. Across 12    Finally, favourite coastal town gets special treatment (3,6) 13    Seafront apartment housing readily available (2,3) 15    Conductor is in Costa in confusion (9) 16    Get comfortable in finest Levis! (6) 20    Shell-like gold relic smashed (7) 21    Could be made in reverse? (6) 22    Passionate

Unclued lights feature in the same entry in Brewer. Across 1    Worked at jobs making decorations for shirts (6) 7    Inkpad destroyed in crime (6) 12    I bite idly, puzzled whether or not something could be food (9) 13    Decorative form returns in piccolo voluntary (5) 16    Gauge very low returns internally (6) 20    Tax

The unclued lights have an award-winning feature in common. Across 5 Webcam perhaps covering temporary accommodation (6) 10  With Head absent, our teachers brewed liqueur (10) 12  Start to grumble and show contempt, returning cabbage and sprouts (6) 16  Virginia starts to gripe about loss of nerve (5) 17  French film-maker returns in time to

The unclued lights are of a kind. Across 12    Sun ruined helter-skelter without cover (9) 13    Lizard found in Wagamama! (5) 15    Screen role I transformed into (9) 16    Rabbit’s discovered in delay at terminus (6) 20    Quietly thatched house and made watertight (7) 21    Oddly, his leg is pulled by Cupid! (6) 22    Location

The unclued lights are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer. Across 7 Recurring tea dance (3-3) 12    Following sound of artillery, I curtail call to official (9) 13    Steer clear of a hole (5) 15    Make the most of session in recruitment event (4,5) 16    Effect of high dose (6) 20    One stood up and

Four unclued lights are of a kind and the remaining four can be arranged to indicate what unites them. Across 1               Woman with vintage Italian dress in racecourse (8) 6               Attack mischief maker with plastic gnu (6) 10            Electrical components in versatile robots (12) 11            Almost all wickerwork repelled essential oil (5) 13            Vehicle levy

Four pairs of unclued lights are all similarly linked.                 Across 5               Mark sample of class essays (6) 9               I’m beginning to like hot chap’s twinkling of an eye (10) 14            Beginning of oxidisation on iron container? (3) 17            One who chooses mixed ramen (5) 18            Of sound mind, regularly returns wearing gold ring (5) 20