Sunday Express Mag / Times 25.544

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Sunday Mag
23a Find record has finished 8 ??s???e?
16d Belief in credit notes 5 c????
Times
10a legal scholars right to books in excellent binding 5 ????I
15a Nature so-called is alien to Man at first 6 ?o???r
20d Strong criticism from three people left carry bomb 7 ????I?l
Thanks for help

[factor-fiction]

On 20d can you confirm that the letter pattern is ????i?l in lower case
(i.e. ????I?L in upper case). Thanks

[factor-fiction]

16d CREED- explained in this thread in Crosswords section
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1264868.html

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23a disc over

[emeritus]

15a Mother

[emeritus]

20d Vitriol

[bibblebub]

10a) rabbi - in the clue it is scholar's

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Thanks for the explanation bibblebub- because the apostrophe was missing I was looking for a plural ending in the letter i and never thought of the singular rabbi