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kamanu15 | 15:32 Thu 01st Oct 2020 | Crosswords
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Is 29a Nationalist - clue is country fan not in a rowdy group of stars (11)
If so what is 16D Lively piece 10cc composed in support of Italian Island (9) C?P??YC?O
25A Writer's going back in time to change course (7) A?V?A?E
24A Spiv accepts partly withdrawn admission of guilt (7) ??C?A??
10A US poet and author split up, swapping places around east (7) T?O?E?U
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Yes Capriccio Deviate Peccavi Thoreau
15:35 Thu 01st Oct 2020
24 Peccavi, reversed in the clue.It mean's I am guilty.
16d Cappricio
10 Thoreau
10 Thoreau, US poet. Author +E,anagrammed.
25 deviate - I’ve reversed in date (time)
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Capriccio
Deviate
Peccavi
Thoreau
Capriccio - Capri and 10CC
Sorry - Capriccio - you can spell it both ways - https://www.dictionary.com/browse/capriccio
25d Dacca to give D in deviate
"Peccavi, reversed in the clue. It mean's I am guilty."

Strictly speaking, "peccavi" means "I have sinned" in Latin.

Fun fact here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_James_Napier#Service_in_India
Thanks, JimF - I was linking the parsing to the clue (and it's a word I've always liked anyway!).

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