Extra letters in clues give cancrine and Sotadean, both meaning PALINDROMIC, which describes each of the unclued lights and also the number and title of the puzzle.
First prize Chris James, Ruislip Manor
Runners-up P. and R. Dacre, York; Hugh Schofield, Paris
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