Real English County On Which Thomas Hardy Based The Fictional Wessex Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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	39%	6		An Anglo-Saxon kingdom; or, Thomas Hardy’s fictional world
	noun • a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century
	35%	6		Traditional English surname associated with the ancient kingdom of Wessex
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New York Times08 Apr 2020	Down 14	DORSET
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	Clue	Source
1	6's Wessex is 11 The Guardian Cryptic - 06 Jun 2003	The Guardian Cryptic / 06 Jun 2003
2	A great king of Wessex, d. 899 The Guardian Quick - 02 Nov 2015	The Guardian Quick / 02 Nov 2015
3	An Anglo-Saxon kingdom; or, Thomas Hardy’s fictional world Telegraph Herculis - 14 Aug 2023	Telegraph Herculis / 14 Aug 2023
4	King of Wessex, known as "the Great" The Guardian Quick - 29 Apr 2000	The Guardian Quick / 29 Apr 2000
5	Norfolk or Wessex, for example The Guardian Quick - 15 Jun 2004	The Guardian Quick / 15 Jun 2004
6	Painted the portraits of Thomas More and Thomas Cromwell
7	Traditional English surname associated with the ancient kingdom of Wessex

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