The unclued lights form four trios each associated with one of four theme words which solvers must discover and which do not appear in the grid. The 27 unchecked letters of these unclued lights for the wholly irrelevant comment: SO, DOC, CHARM EVELYN, GIRL FROM BBC.
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9 Political meeting providing currency on top of 14 (10)
14 Peak with a lake and parking (3)
16 A pick-me-up has taken away the stress (6)
18 Sidewinder, say, in the sun, almost bare (5)
20 Venue of an Italian music festival troubled moaners (7)
22 Rained and snowed, note, in Leeds sadly (7)
25 Extremely sorrowful, one has to...
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