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As Writer Shakespeares Surely Holding Leading Place Crossword Clue

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noun

• Spanish writer best remembered for `Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)

42%9Surely sad? Sad, surely
adverb

• without a doubt

28%5 SF writer's last two characters given a lead role — surely not!
adverb

• not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances; not ever; at no time in the past or future

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