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Stuck on three. 4d Money from west of Africa one passed on to the north (4) C - D -
8d Finance minister departs: tsar having another five alongside his first? (5) D - W - N
16a Pope from Italy's more Saint (4) - I - S
Thanks for help.

[Captain2]

4d Cedi (passed on = dec(eased) 'to the north' = backwards + I

[Captain2]

16a Pius? (don't know why but a lot of Popes called Pius!)

[dannyk13]

16a Pius

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8d dewan

[dannyk13]

Piu= more in Italian
s= saint

[Captain2]

Thanks dannyk - I never did Italian!

[dannyk13]

My only "O" level

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Thanks everyone. Amazingly quick response, as well.

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What's the explanation for 8d, please?

[bibblebub]

8d) DIWAN - variant spelling of dewan http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dewan

departs = D
tsar having another five alongside his first = IVAN with a doubled V, and double-V looks like W

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Thanks B, quite devious that one.