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[porilo]

Any pointers or suggestion for these two would be much appreciated please:

13a: Two girls meet a novel and musical character (7)
I have ??L?E?N (quite confident with the E and N but the L might not be correct)

11d: Doc surprisingly quit - contravened code one to disappear, only to turn up again after a long time (8)
I have R???N?N?
REVENANT comes to mind but I'm not sure why.

Thanks very much.

[Captain2]

11d Yes, Revenant - anagram of contravened less 'doc'

[Captain2]

revenant (plural revenants)

Someone who returns from a long absence. quotations ▼
A person or thing reborn. quotations ▼
A supernatural being that returns from the dead; a zombie or ghost. quotations ▼

[elliemay1]

Colleen?

[Mamyalynne]

13 Valjean - Les Mis

[porilo]

Ah, I didn't spot that wordplay. Thanks. That would mean 13a becomes V?L?E?N (unless the L is wrong). VILLEIN perhaps? But I can't see how to get that from the clue.

[Mamyalynne]

Look up

[Toorak]

Look up ^^^^

[porilo]

Thanks everyone, especially Mamyalynne. I will now go and stand in the corner and hang my head in shame. I've read Les Miserables several times and seen the musical once. I should have got that. Oh dear!!

[Mamyalynne]

Sometimes they just won't come to mind.x

[porilo]

Yes, especially at this time of night. :-)