Each of thirteen clues contains one misprinted letter in the definition part. Corrections of misprints spell a phrase involving a pair of items. Unclued Across lights are examples of one of these items, and unclued Down lights are examples of the other. Ignore an apostrophe in a clued light.
Across
1 Crease in leg left by special garter (8)
6 Hair’s restyled with new length (6)
11 Old-fashioned glance reflected trouble admitted by editor (5)
13 Chest well inlaid with silver line (7)
14 Palm in westward desert sheltering fowl (6)
17 Empress,...
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