The unclued lights are of a kind. Ignore all accents and diacritical marks throughout the puzzle. The fifth letter of each of the nine unclued lights reveal A BASS FUEL.
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5 Garden flowers heard of by the congregations (6)
9 It’s sure to happen when Close is dropped from cable television broadcast (10)
14 He protects some villa (Roman) (3)
16 Dud Scottish wicket-keeper drops Pakistan’s opener (6)
17 Sailing boat turned over in shallow waters (5)
18 Exams are no great loss, regularly (5)
22 Very large implement reportedly...
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