The thirteen thematic unclued lights form the first half of an alphabetical list. Ignore all accents.
Across
10 Cut-throat chap’s birds (10)
13 Behavioural stimulus affected Earl 8 (8)
16 Girl in chains? (5)
17 Skilfully handled – after a stroke? (7)
18 White van going across Indian territory first (7)
20 Revised asking price a German rejected for US travelling bag (8)
25 Jack starts to play up rudely (3)
26 Gold mace is a good omen (7)
28 22-0 rout.
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