Each of sixteen clues contains one misprinted letter in the definition part. Corrections of misprints spell the name (three words) of a 1A, contents of which are given by five unclued lights (including two as a pair). The 1A’s name also describes the location in the grid of its contents in relation to two other unclued lights.
Across
5 Turn reptile around in silence (6)
9 Changed vote around end of transmission (10, three words)
14 Board beginning without director (3)
16 Free love stopped by force (6)
17...

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