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BETTERLUXNEXTTIME"I need to install brighter lights later"? PUTINYOURTWOCENTSOffer advice ... or a hint to 24- and 72-Across LOXSTOCKANDBARRELCommon finds in a salmon smokehouse? CARLMARIAVONWEBERSee 12 GOINGINTORAPTURESEnthusing STARTINGSOMETHINGIn switching on, is creating trouble for oneself THEEAGLEHASLANDED1975 novel by Jack Higgins adapted into a film by John Sturges in 1976 GIUSEPPEGARIBALDIItalian patriot and leader of the Risorgimento who conquered Sicily and Naples for the emerging kingdom of Italy in 1860 WHENTHEWORLDSHOOK1919 H. Rider Haggard novel WASINDEBTEDTOOWED8D CAPTAINUNDERPANTSSuperhero with the catchphrase “Tra-la-laaaa!” (and a hint to the circled letters) THEDAYOFTHEJACKALFrederick Forsyth novel GIVINGONESELFAIRSWaving a fan and behaving very self-importantly FLUFFYNECKWEARBOA9D