Six unclued lights are examples of ‘3/4/18’ (four words in total, ignore an apostrophe), a quotation (in ODQ) whose author’s surname (7) will appear diagonally in the grid and must be shaded. Elsewhere, ignore an accent.
Across
11 Tony and Charlie amid ducks beside Yellow River (7)
12 Men declaimed European decree (6)
13 Ignorant leader nun converted (9)
14 Put back small branch on tree (5)
19 Unlocking device averting an awkward situation (7)
23 Hollow tree’s healthy we hear (7, hyphened)
24 Mailing of eighteenth letter sealed by First Minister (4)
30 Maybe cavalryman chopped up Bursera (7)
31 Mother Hubbard’s instrument (4)
32 Units built by American father...
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