Having solved the puzzle, solvers are required to highlight a 2×2 square which contains the four letters of the otherwise unclued theme word. This theme word can be paired with five of the unclued lights. The resulting pairs are then defined by the remaining five unclued lights (two of two words), all of which can be verified in Brewer.
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9 Islands forming ring — possibly a nice area (7)
11 Tail of forsaken kangaroo was not once in cell (7)
12 Dictator arrests leader of army violently (5)
17 ...
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