Seven unclued lights are connected by an eighth. Elsewhere, ignore one acute accent and one apostrophe.
Across
1 British bishop packing pickles in hampers (7)
6 Creep made dull mates all shed clothes (7)
11 Jack and John, married and flourishing (6)
12 Brings out daywear oddly shunned by male models (7)
14 Some retired relatives of great importance (5)
16 Touches sunglasses (6)
17 Setter in grip of muted mental boredom (6)
19 Idleness of boozer receiving benefit repelled Brussels bureaucrats (9)
24 Hot desert air is most wearisome (9)
26 Type of soup that’s geek’s finest, according to Spooner (5,4)
30 An editor’s rewritten lines (9)
32 Lock up...
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