Ten unclued lights (including four pairs) are of a kind. Ignore two hyphens and an apostrophe. What could have induced this puzzle will appear diagonally in the completed grid and must be shaded.
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1 Eminent composer gives great cellist inspiration (7)
9 Sin doesn’t start somewhere in church (4)
12 Piece of lead turned grey (5)
13 Stop kid meeting adult (4)
14 Deficient nosegay wounded Joan (6)
16 Men in river fish (5)
17 Fir going west robbed of sun by coloured tree (5)
21 Swank acquires hill where planes are displayed (7)
22 Roving actor Matt retired...
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