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shaneystar2 | 15:11 Sun 27th Jan 2013 | Crosswords
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Victim of Roman army on borders of Iberia
?OSTIA.
I think it's Hostia (host =victim)+IA ( bordering letters of Iberia )
But I can't find it in Chambers .
Could an Azeder confirm please .
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I've gone with hostia - latin for victim? host being the army?
Hostia is a latin term for a victim,
host = army, + IA
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Bradfords gives a defintion of victim as host .So I was getting there :)
Many thanks to you both .
It's in Chambers under 'host' third meaning (sacrificial victim) as the etymology at the end of the definition - see Azed's note at the end of the crossword entries.

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