This is Doc’s 700th crossword in the weekly series. The unrelated unclued lights (including one pair and two proper nouns) display this number.
Across
4 Old nonsense played on the violin by earl by river (6-2-3)
11 White spirit which Travis Head initially put on part of dartboard (7)
12 A French girl returns first to old shallow lake (6)
14 Small cigar without a shell (5)
16 Black market trader’s location (5)
19 Lots of books (7)
21 Fruit – or two, we hear (4)
23 Local hawker having time with loudmouth (7)
24 Article detailed Thailand and its location (4)
25 Creche facilities ready to be deployed round...

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